Which study, of over 14,000 adoptions in Denmark found that a significant number of adopted boys with criminal convictions had biological parents with criminal convictions providing evidence for a genetic effect?
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Which gene is responsible for producing a protein that has been associated with aggressive behaviour? it regulates the metabolism of serotonin in the brain
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Who conducted a study of a Dutch family and found that many of its male members behaved in a particularly violent and aggressive manner, (**** and arson) they were found to have abnormally low levels of MAOA in their bodies?
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500 male children - which researchers discovered a variant of the gene associated with high levels of MAOA and a variant with low levels. Those with low levels were more likely to grow up with antisocial behaviour only if maltreated as a child
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A series of adoption studies in which the criminal history of an adopted male was compared with the criminal history of both his biological and his adoptive fathers, found that genetic influences were significant in cases of property crime
