Heritability of hand preference in chimpanzees (PAN)

William D. Hopkins; Stacy A. Bales; Allyson J. Bennett

doi:10.3109/00207459408987225

Heritability of hand preference in chimpanzees (PAN)

William D. Hopkins, Stacy A. Bales, Allyson J. Bennett

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Abstract

Heritability in hand preference was examined in 76 chimpanzees by comparing strength and direction of hand preference between offspring and parents and among half-siblings reared in different environments. For two separate measures of handedness, offspring had the same hand preference as their biological parent significantly more often then would be predicted by chance. Half-siblings exhibited patterns of hand preference which significantly deviated from chance. In no instance did rearing environment account for a significant proportion of variance. These results strongly suggest a heritability component to the expression of hand preference in chimpanzees.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	17-26
Number of pages	10
Journal	International Journal of Neuroscience
Volume	74
Issue number	1-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3109/00207459408987225
State	Published - 1994
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Chimpanzee
Hand preference

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General Neuroscience

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