Testing the null hypothesis: Comments on 'Culture-gene coevolution of individualism-collectivism and the serotonin transporter gene'

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 278, Issue 1704, 2011, Pages 329-332

  Eisenberg, Dan T A ^a   Hayes, M Geoffrey ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79251525884     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.0714     Document Type: Note

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