Aggression: Towards an integration of gene, brain and behavior

Social Behaviour: Genes, Ecology and Evolution

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 165-180

  Huber, Robert ^a   Kravitz, Edward A ^b  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

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EID: 84925595770     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511781360.015     Document Type: Chapter

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