Behavioral genetics and development: Historical and conceptual causes of controversy

New Ideas in Psychology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 332-352

  Griffiths, Paul E ^a   Tabery, James ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral genetics; Developmental behavioral genetics; Developmental psychobiology; Gene; Gene environment interaction; Norm of reaction; Reaction norm; Reaction range

Indexed keywords

EID: 50949093121     PISSN: 0732118X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.newideapsych.2007.07.016     Document Type: Review

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