Genes, behavior, and behavior genetics
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Genes, behavior, and behavior genetics.
According to the 'first law' of behavior genetics, 'All human behavioral traits are heritable.' Accepting the validity of this first law and employing statistical methods, researchers within psychology, sociology, political science, economics, and business claim to have demonstrated that all the behaviors studied by their disciplines are heritable-no matter how culturally specific these behavio...
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عنوان ژورنال: Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Cognitive Science
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1939-5078,1939-5086
DOI: 10.1002/wcs.1405