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Scientific study of the inheritance of behaviour, or behavioural genetics, is a multi-disciplinary exercise and although the immediate task of all behavioural geneticists is to describe the relationship between what animals do and the genes they possess, this may be the means to two broadly distinct ends.
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© 1984 Felicity Huntingford
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Huntingford, F. (1984). Behavioural genetics. In: The Study of Animal Behaviour. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-5536-3_8
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