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Differential application of cultural practices at the family and individual levels may alter heritability estimates
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 September 2022
Abstract
Uchiyama et al. emphasize that culture evolves directionally and differentially as a function of selective pressures in different populations. Extending these principles to the level of families, lineages, and individuals exposes additional challenges to estimating heritability. Cultural traits expressed differentially as a function of the genetics whose influence they mask or unmask render inseparable the influences of culture and genetics.
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