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Parenting and its effects on children: on reading and misreading behavior genetics.
Annual review of psychology - 1 Jan 2000
Maccoby E E
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There is clear evidence that parents can and do influence children. There is equally clear evidence that children's genetic makeup affects their own behavioral characteristics, and also influences the way they are treated by their parents. Twin and adoption studies provide a sound basis for estimating the strength of genetic effects, although heritability estimates for a given trait vary widely across samples,...
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