Gene flow by selective emigration as a possible cause for personality differences between small islands and mainland populations

European Journal of Personality

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 53-64

  Ciani, Andrea Camperio ^a   Capiluppi, Claudio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Big Five; Personality Gene Flow hypothesis; Personality traits; Small islands

Indexed keywords

EID: 78751525590     PISSN: 08902070     EISSN: 10990984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/per.774     Document Type: Article

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