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Both Genes and Environment Play a Role in Antisocial Behavior

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 May 2016

David E. Comings*
Affiliation:
City of Hope National Medical Center, USA
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Symposium: Genetics and Crime
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Copyright © Association for Politics and the Life Sciences 

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