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Extra Y chromosomes and alcoholism

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The authors examined the karyotype of 89 out of the 102 men 180 cm (5′11″) tall or more among the 459 male inmates of four Swedish institutions for alcoholics. All 89 had a normal chromosome constitution.

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  1. Psychiatric Research Centre, St. Jörgen's Hospital, University of Göteborg, Hisings Backa, Sweden

    Jan Wahlström, Hans Forssman & Hans Olof Åkesson

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Wahlström, J., Forssman, H. & Åkesson, H.O. Extra Y chromosomes and alcoholism. Humangenetik 9, 105–106 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00696020

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