Moving beyond the heritability question: New directions in behavioral genetic studies of personality

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 86-90

  Saudino, Kimberly J ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0031208949     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8721.ep11512809     Document Type: Article

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