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Genetics of aggression.
Annual review of genetics - 1 Jan 2012
Anholt Robert R H, Mackay Trudy F C
Abstract excerpt
Aggression mediates competition for food, mating partners, and habitats and, among social animals, establishes stable dominance hierarchies. In humans, abnormal aggression is a hallmark of neuropsychiatric disorders and can be elicited by environmental factors acting on an underlying genetic susceptibility. Identifying the genetic architecture that predisposes to aggressive behavior in people is challenging...
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