Genome-wide association and replication studies for handedness in a Korean community-based cohort

• Published in: Brain and behavior Vol. 13; no. 9; pp. e3121 - n/a
• Main Authors: Song, Youhyun, Lee, Dasom, Choi, Ja-Eun, Lee, Ji Won, Hong, Kyung-Won
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.09.2023; John Wiley and Sons Inc; Wiley
• Subjects: ambidexterity; Confidence intervals; Datasets; Genes; genetic; Genomes; genome‐wide association study; Genotype & phenotype; Handedness; left‐handedness; Males; Original; Population; Quality control; Questionnaires; Regression analysis; genetic; ambidexterity; left-handedness; genome-wide association study; handedness

Handedness is a conspicuous characteristic in human behavior, with a worldwide proportion of approximately 90% of people preferring to use the right hand for many tasks. In the Korean population, the proportion of left-handedness is relatively low at approximately 7%-10%, similar to that in other Ea...