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Genetics of callous-unemotional behavior in children.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Viding Essi, Price Thomas S, Jaffee Sara R, Trzaskowski Maciej, Davis Oliver S P, Meaburn Emma L, Haworth Claire M A, Plomin Robert
Abstract excerpt
Callous-unemotional behavior (CU) is currently under consideration as a subtyping index for conduct disorder diagnosis. Twin studies routinely estimate the heritability of CU as greater than 50%. It is now possible to estimate genetic influence using DNA alone from samples of unrelated individuals, not relying on the assumptions of the twin method. Here we use this new DNA method (implemented in a software...
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