Evolutionary biology looks at behavior genetics

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 289-295

  Gangestad, Steven W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Copy number variants; Evolutionary psychology; Genetic variation; Mutations; Personality

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953357326     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2010.03.005     Document Type: Article

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