新生儿的第一个全度分析拒绝了2D:4D的全度假设:对产前激素编程的强有力的发育证据
Barış Özener1, Berna Ertuğrul1, Görel Aksoy1
1Department of Anthropology, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkiye.
概括
男性新生儿的第二到第四个数字长度比率 (2D:4D) 低于女性,这表明产前荷尔蒙的影响. 这种2D:4D的性别差异独立于整体数字大小,支持激素编程与生长相互作用.
科学领域:
- 发展生物学 发展生物学
- 人类解剖学 人类解剖学
- 内分泌学 在内分泌学.
背景情况:
- 第二到第四个数字的长度比率 (2D:4D) 是产前雄激素暴露的建议标记.
- 在新生儿中研究这种比率可以阐明早期发育影响.
研究的目的:
- 在土耳其新生儿中评估2D:4D比例的性二态.
- 为了确定所有度相互作用是否影响新生儿的2D:4D性二态.
主要方法:
- 在225名土耳其新生儿身上,精确测量了双手的数字长度 (2D和4D).
- 使用了包括ANOVA和ANCOVA在内的统计分析,以4D长度为共变量.
主要成果:
- 与女性相比,男性新生儿的2D:4D比率明显较低.
- 这种性二形态甚至在控制第四位数 (4D) 长度后也持续存在.
- 第二位数字 (2D) 长度本身在控制4D长度时显示出显著的性别差异.
结论:
- 在土耳其新生儿中发现了2D:4D性二态的证据.
- 这些发现表明,2D:4D二态性主要是由产前荷尔蒙编程驱动的,而不是产后全度生长.
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