title: Human handedness: a partial cross-fostering study.
abstract: The hand preference of college students correlated significantly with the writing hand of their biological parents but not that of their stepparents. The results are consistent with a genetic theory of the origin of human handedness.
mesh_terms: D007839:Functional Laterality; D005796:Genes; D006801:Humans; D010290:Parents; D010375:Pedigree