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Direct linkHarper, Lawrence – Psychological Bulletin, 2005
Currently, behavioral development is thought to result from the interplay among genetic inheritance, congenital characteristics, cultural contexts, and parental practices as they directly impact the individual. Evolutionary ecology points to another contributor, epigenetic inheritance, the transmission to offspring of parental phenotypic responses…
Descriptors: Research Design, Ecology, Pregnancy, Genetics
