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The detection and estimation of heritable differences in behaviour among individuals
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The detection and estimation of heritable differences in behaviour among individuals

  • J L Jinks1 &
  • P L Broadhurst1 

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  1. ARC Unit of Biometrical Genetics and Department of Anatomy, University of Birmingham,

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This work was supported in part by U.S. Public Health Service Research Grant No. MH08712 from the National Institute of Mental Health.

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Jinks, J., Broadhurst, P. The detection and estimation of heritable differences in behaviour among individuals. Heredity 20, 97–115 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1038/hdy.1965.11

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