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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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Author:   Robert Plomin ,  etc. ,  J.C. DeFries (University of Colorado, Boulder, USA) ,  Gerald E. McClearn (Pennsylvania State University, USA)
Publisher:   Macmillan Learning
Imprint:   W.H.Freeman & Co Ltd
Edition:   4th Revised edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.00cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 23.00cm
Weight:   0.796kg
ISBN:  

9780716751595

ISBN 10:   0716751593
Pages:   414
Publication Date:   15 November 2000
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Replaced By:   9781429205771
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Overview; Mendel's laws of heredity; beyond Mendel's laws; DNA - the basis of heredity; nature, nurture and behaviour; identifying genes; neurogenetics; cognitive disabilities; general cognitive ability; special cognitive abilities; psychopathology; personality and personality disorders; health psychology and aging; evolution; environment; behavioural genetics in the 21st century.

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