Genes, evolution, and personality

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 243-273

  Bouchard Jr , Thomas J ^a   Loehlin, John C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolutionary psychology; Heritability; Personality; Twins

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR GENETICS; DATA ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EVOLUTION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HERITABILITY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SAMPLING; SOCIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; GENETICS, BEHAVIORAL; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; PERSONALITY; TWIN STUDIES;

EID: 0034750827     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1012294324713     Document Type: Review

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