人类的指长比可以作为围产期激素活动的标记物,受围产期雄激素受体基因的调节,与生育能力、个体攻击性行为以及音乐、运动能力都有一定的关系,并与孤僻症、抑郁症等心理疾病,冠心病,乳腺癌、宫颈癌等癌前病变有一定的相关性。目前指长比的研究已成为犯罪学、心理学、精神病学、流行病学、社会学等领域研究的热门话题,本文就指长比与攻击行为、激素、基因之间的关系做一综述。
Human digit ratio has been proposed as a biomarker reflecting prenatal hormone effects,which is controlled by prenatal androgen,probably related to the human fertility,the aggression tendency,the musical and athletic talent.And it is also associated with some diseases such as autism,depression,myocardium infarction,breast caner,precancerous lesion of cervix.The current study on human digit ratios has already become a heated issue in the fields of crime,psychology,psychiatry,epidemiology and sociology.This paper does a review on the relationship between the digit ratios and aggressive behavior,hormones and genes.