Three laws of behavior genetics and what they mean

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 160-164

  Turkheimer, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior genetics; Development; Environment; Genes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034343913     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8721.00084     Document Type: Article

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