The quantitative genetics of disgust sensitivity

Emotion

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 43-51

  Sherlock, James M ^a   Zietsch, Brendan P ^a   Tybur, Joshua M ^b   Jern, Patrick ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Behavioral genetics; Evolutionary psychology; Individual variation; Pathogen threat; Sexual strategies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR GENETICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISGUST; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; EMOTION; ENVIRONMENT; ETHICS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; INDIVIDUALITY; MICROBIOLOGY; MORALITY; PSYCHOLOGY; TWINS;

ADULT; EMOTIONS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MICROBIOLOGY; MORALS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TWINS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 84955368090     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: 19311516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/emo0000101     Document Type: Article

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