Gene-independent heritability of behavioural traits: Don't we also need to rethink the “environment”?

Behavioral and Brain Sciences 35 (5):374-375 (2012)
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Abstract

Behavioural phenotypes have been explained by genetic and environmental factors (E) and their interaction. Here we suggest a rethinking of the E factor. Passively incurred environmental influences (E pass) and actively copied information and behaviour (E act) may be distinguished at shared and non-shared level. We argue that E act underlies mutation and selection and is the base of gene-independent heritability

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