Leg-crossing: incidence and inheritance.
Neuropsychologia. 1994 Jun; 32(6):747-50.N

Abstract

Leg-crossing refers to the preferential tendency for individuals to sit with one leg crossed over the other. In this study about 62% of the population are right leg-crossers, 26% are left leg-crossers, and the remaining 12% report that they have no preference or are indifferent. Familial data suggest that leg-crossing may be under genetic control: although the data do not fit any straightforward recessive or dominant Mendelian model, they are compatible with the type of model invoking fluctuating asymmetry which has been used to explain the inheritance of handedness, hand-clasping and arm-folding.

Authors+Show Affiliations

Reiss M

Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus, Technischen Universität Dresden, ENT Department, Germany.

MeSH

AdultAgedFemaleFunctional LateralityHumansLegMaleMiddle AgedPosture

Pub Type(s)

Journal Article

Language

eng

PubMed ID

8084429

Citation

Reiss, M. "Leg-crossing: Incidence and Inheritance." Neuropsychologia, vol. 32, no. 6, 1994, pp. 747-50.

Reiss M. Leg-crossing: incidence and inheritance. Neuropsychologia. 1994;32(6):747-50.

Reiss, M. (1994). Leg-crossing: incidence and inheritance. Neuropsychologia, 32(6), 747-50.

Reiss M. Leg-crossing: Incidence and Inheritance. Neuropsychologia. 1994;32(6):747-50. PubMed PMID: 8084429.

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TY - JOUR T1 - Leg-crossing: incidence and inheritance. A1 - Reiss,M, PY - 1994/6/1/pubmed PY - 1994/6/1/medline PY - 1994/6/1/entrez SP - 747 EP - 50 JF - Neuropsychologia JO - Neuropsychologia VL - 32 IS - 6 N2 - Leg-crossing refers to the preferential tendency for individuals to sit with one leg crossed over the other. In this study about 62% of the population are right leg-crossers, 26% are left leg-crossers, and the remaining 12% report that they have no preference or are indifferent. Familial data suggest that leg-crossing may be under genetic control: although the data do not fit any straightforward recessive or dominant Mendelian model, they are compatible with the type of model invoking fluctuating asymmetry which has been used to explain the inheritance of handedness, hand-clasping and arm-folding. SN - 0028-3932 UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/8084429/Leg_crossing:_incidence_and_inheritance_ DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -

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Leg-crossing: incidence and inheritance.Neuropsychologia. 1994 Jun; 32(6):747-50.N