Genetics and social inquiry

Annual Review of Sociology

Volumn 35, Issue , 2009, Pages 107-128

  Freese, Jeremy ^a   Shostak, Sara ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral genetics; Biosociality; Collective identity; Gene environment interaction; Geneticization; Life course perspective

Indexed keywords

EID: 73149102321     PISSN: 03600572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-soc-070308-120040     Document Type: Article

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