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. 2010 Sep;11(9):667-9.
doi: 10.1038/embor.2010.122.

The psycho gene

Philip Hunter

The psycho gene

Philip Hunter. EMBO Rep. 2010 Sep.

Abstract

The notion of ‘the criminal gene' is now dead and buried. Yet there is growing evidence that some psychopathic behaviour is indeed grounded in our genes and has an evolutionary origin

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