A review of evidence for a genetic component in the determination of handedness.
Experimental evidence is marshalled in support of some arguments for a significant genetic component in the transmission of human handedness. Studies of infantile lateral asymmetries and their correlation with cerebral dominance, certain highly heritable traits, and handedness are discussed.
D000328:Adult; D001037:Aphasia; D001307:Auditory Perception; D001519:Behavior; D001921:Brain / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D002648:Child; D003878:Dermatoglyphics; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral / Q000502:physiology; D004777:Environment; D005146:Facial Asymmetry; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality / Q000502:physiology*; D014644:Genetic Variation; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D009799:Ocular Physiological Phenomena; D011247:Pregnancy; D014429:Twins, Dizygotic; D014430:Twins, Monozygotic; D014796:Visual Perception