The use of statistics to estimate the capability of human behaviors to be genetically transmitted is controversial.
Keywords: heritability; behavior; IQ; statistics; variance
Heritability Wars
Harvey Wickham, Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, London, UK
Pak Sham, Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, London, UK
Published online: July 2006
DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0005233
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| book Pak Sham (1998) Statistics in Human Genetics. London: Edward Arnold. | |
