Genetics and genomics: Good, bad and ugly

Neuroscience in Education: The good, the bad, and the ugly

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Kovas, Yulia ^a   Plomin, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DNA; Education; Educational research; Genetics; Learning; Neuroscientific research

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920485624     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199600496.003.0045     Document Type: Chapter

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