Epigenetics and behaviour

Development and Prevention of Behaviour Problems: From Genes to Social Policy

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 25-59

  Szyf, Moshe ^a   Weaver, Ian ^b   Provencal, Nadine ^a   McGowan, Patrick O ^b   Tremblay, Richard E ^c,d,e,f   Meaney, Michael J ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Universite Paris Sud   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^f UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203868706     Document Type: Chapter

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