Some Key Issues in the Study of Gene-Environment Interplay: Activation, Deactivation, and the Role of Development

Research in Human Development

Volumn 8, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 192-210

  Burt, Alex ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84859339565     PISSN: 15427609     EISSN: 15427617     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15427609.2011.625323     Document Type: Article

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