A common heritable factor influences prosocial obligations across multiple domains

Biology Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 567-570

  Lewis, Gary J ^a   Bates, Timothy C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behaviour genetics; Civic duty; Obligations; Prosociality; Twins; Welfare

Indexed keywords

GENETIC ANALYSIS; HERITABILITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBLIGATE BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WELFARE PROVISION; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TWINS;

ADULT; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 80051694789     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2010.1187     Document Type: Article

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