The threat of genes: A comment on Evan Charney's "Genes and Ideologies"

Perspectives on Politics

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 329-335

  Hannagan, Rebecca J ^a   Hatemi, Peter K ^b  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 44949223393     PISSN: 15375927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S153759270808064X     Document Type: Note

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