Model of genetic variation in human social networks

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1720-1724

  Fowler, James H ^a   Dawes, Christopher T ^a   Christakis, Nicholas A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolution of cooperation; Heritability; Twins

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HERITABILITY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NATURAL SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SOCIAL NETWORK;

GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, BEHAVIORAL; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 60549101053     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0806746106     Document Type: Article

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