Prenatal Androgens in Men's Sexual Orientation: Evidence for a More Nuanced Role?

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Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

1. In support of 2D:4D: More data exploring its conflicting results on handedness, sexual orientation and sex differences.PloS one · 2023
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2. Biodevelopmental Correlates of Sexual Orientation in Men: Evidence from a Polish Sample.Archives of sexual behavior · 2025
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3. Digit Ratio (2D:4D; Right-Left 2D:4D) and Multiple Phenotypes for Same-Sex Attraction: The BBC Internet Study Revisited.Archives of sexual behavior · 2024
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4. Hormonal, Genetic, Immunological: An Array of Mechanisms but How Do They Interact, If at All?Archives of sexual behavior · 2023
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5. Carving the Biodevelopment of Same-Sex Sexual Orientation at Its Joints.Archives of sexual behavior · 2023
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6. The Biodevelopment of Sexual Orientation: Beyond the Known Horizon.Archives of sexual behavior · 2023
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7. Evidence for Perinatal Steroid Influence on Human Sexual Orientation and Gendered Behavior.Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology · 2022
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8. Differences in digit ratios between gay men who prefer receptive versus insertive sex roles indicate a role for prenatal androgen.Scientific reports · 2021
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9. Speech Acoustic Features: A Comparison of Gay Men, Heterosexual Men, and Heterosexual Women.Archives of sexual behavior · 2020
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10. Parental Income and the Sexual Behavior of Their Adult Children: A Trivers-Willard Perspective.Evolutionary psychology : an international journal of evolutionary approaches to psychology and behavior
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Corrections and comments

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  Response to Commentaries.2017
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  Prenatal Influences on Human Sexual Orientation: Expectations versus Data.2017

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