Handedness and directional asymmetry in
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James Steele; Simon Mays
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Article
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1995
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract The long bones of the human upper limb usually show lateral asymmetries of length. This pattern can be attributed either to the mechanical consequences of handedness bias or to genetic or hormonal factors acting directly on longitudinal bone growth. Length data was obtained from the lon