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A behavioral-genetic perspective on children of alcoholics.

Alcohol health and research world - 1 Jan 1997

McGue M

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Resemblance between parents and their children with respect to certain behaviors (e.g., alcohol use) may result from shared genes or from environmental influences that affect all members of a family similarly. Behavioral geneticists have used adoption, twin, and genetic marker studies to investigate the contributions of genetic as well as shared and nonshared environmental influences to the increased risk for...

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