Parent-daughter transmission of the androgen receptor gene as an explanation of the effect of father absence on age of menarche.

E Comings, David; Muhleman, Donn; P Johnson, James; P MacMurray, James

doi:10.1111/1467-8624.00456

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Parent-daughter transmission of the androgen receptor gene as an explanation of the effect of father absence on age of menarche.

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Authors:

David E Comings

Donn Muhleman

James P Johnson

Abstract

Based on an evolutionary theory of socialization, Belsky and colleagues proposed that girls exposed to a stressful environment, especially when due to father absence in the first 7 years of life, showed an early onset of puberty, precocious sexuality, and unstable relationships as adults. The author...

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