The survival of genes for stupidity: Consistency of fitness and heritability

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 433-436

  Miller, Edward M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

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EID: 0031097729     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(96)00209-7     Document Type: Article

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