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Length of the Y chromosome and antisocial behaviour?

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The Y/F quotient of 50 tall prisoners and 50 tall students was measured. In contrary to the result of other authors we could not find any difference of the length of the Y chromosome in these two groups.

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In einem Kollektiv von 50 hochgewachsenen Strafgefangenen und 50 hochgewachsenen Studenten wurde die relative Länge des Y-Chromosoms durch Bestimmung des Y/F-Quotienten ermittelt. Im Gegensatz zu den Ergebnissen anderer Autoren fand sich keine durchschnittliche Vergrößerung des Y-Chromosoms in dem Kollektiv von sozial Auffälligen gegenüber dem Vergleichskollektiv.

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  1. Institut für Gerichtliche Medizin der Universität Bonn, Bonn, Germany

    E. Schwinger & P. Wild

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Supported by Landesamt für Forschung des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen.

This work is part of the thesis by P. Wild (Bonn, 1973).

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Schwinger, E., Wild, P. Length of the Y chromosome and antisocial behaviour?. Humangenetik 22, 67–69 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00338136

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