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A quantitative genetic approach to understanding aggressive behavior
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 August 2009
Abstract
Quantitative genetic studies of human aggressive behavior only partly support the claim of social role theory that individual differences in aggressive behavior are learnt rather than innate. As to its heritable component, future studies on the genetic architecture of aggressive behavior across different contexts could shed more light on the evolutionary origins of male-female versus male-male aggression.
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