Genetic configurations of political phenomena: New theories, new methods

Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Volumn 614, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 34-55

  Carmen, Ira H ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Department of Political Science ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Consilience; Genetics; Magnetic resonance imaging; Sociogenomics; Twin studies

Indexed keywords

EID: 35348842642     PISSN: 00027162     EISSN: 15523349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002716207305271     Document Type: Article

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