The tangled tale of genes and environment: Moore's the dependent gene: The fallacy of "nature vs. nurture"

Behavior Analyst

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 91-105

  Schneider, Susan M ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Developmental systems theory; Evolution; Genetics; Heritability; Nature nurture relations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BEHAVIOR GENETICS; BIOMEDICINE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE BASE; PSYCHOBIOLOGY; SYSTEMS THEORY; TWIN STUDY;

EID: 34249987171     PISSN: 07386729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03392149     Document Type: Article

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