Giftedness and genetics: The emergenic-epigenetic model and its implications

Journal for the Education of the Gifted

Volumn 28, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 270-286

  Simonton, Dean Keith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 32244432975     PISSN: 01623532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4219/jeg-2005-338     Document Type: Review

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