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Behavioral genetics, a primer

Robert Plomin, J. C. DeFries, G. E. McClearn

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"Behavioural Genetics", fourth edition provides an overview of human and animal behavioural genetics that is designed to introduce students in the behavioural, biological, and social sciences to the field. With the addition of new chapters, thorough updating, and a new co-author, this latest edition of "Behavioural Genetics" seeks to be at the crossroads of where psychology, psychiatry, and genetics intersect.

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Key concepts: Behavioural genetics, Nature versus nurture, Primer (cosmetics), Evolutionary biology, Biology, Genetics, Human evolutionary genetics, Psychology