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Heritability and why Parents (but not Parenting) Matter

Non-additive effects don’t breed true with the same degree of fidelity—in fact these effects bust up the clean transmission of traits from parents to children (to use a sports analogy, it’s a bit like a cornerback in football deflecting the quarterback’s perfect spiral aimed at the receiver).

Heritability and why Parents (but not Parenting) Matter

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