Heritability

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (2019)
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Abstract

Lucas Matthews and I substantially revised my SEP entry on Heritability. This version includes discussion of the missing heritability problem and other issues that arise from the use of Genome Wide Association Studies by Behavioral Geneticists.

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Stephen M. Downes
University of Utah
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Columbia University

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