"antisocial behaviors for males who were maltreated as children."
Kick a dog too many times and you get a vicious dog. Genes? meh, sounds like a real reach.....
The report says the relationship remains after factoring that in.
The results of these studies have consistently revealed that low activity MAOA alleles are related to antisocial behaviors for males who were maltreated as children. Recently, though, some evidence has emerged indicating that a rare allele of the MAOA gene-that is, the 2-repeat allele-may have effects on violence that are independent of the environment.
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No.
Re-read.
It is saying that this is bx independent of aversive environmental factors.
The results of these studies have consistently revealed that low activity MAOA alleles are related to antisocial behaviors for males who were maltreated as children. Recently, though, some evidence has emerged indicating that a rare allele of the MAOA gene-that is, the 2-repeat allele-may have effects on violence that are independent of the environment.
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No.
Re-read.
It is saying that this is bx independent of aversive environmental factors.
Read more:
“ Recently, though, some evidence has emerged indicating that a rare allele of the MAOA gene-that is, the 2-repeat allele-may have effects on violence that are independent of the environment”
Read more:
“ Recently, though, some evidence has emerged indicating that a rare allele of the MAOA gene-that is, the 2-repeat allele-may have effects on violence that are independent of the environment”
“the ‘report’ lays it out clearly
‘antisocial behaviors for males who were maltreated as children.’”
Unfortunately, that part of the article makes Lysenko sound correct.