A tug-of-war between the mother's and father's genes in the developing brain could explain a spectrum of mental disorders from autism to schizophrenia, suggest Christopher Badcock and Bernard Crespi.
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Hamilton, W. D. in Narrow Roads of Gene Land Vol. 3: Last Words. 206 (W. H. Freeman/Spektrum, 2005).
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Badcock, C. & Crespi, B. J. Evol. Biol. 19, 1007–1032 (2006).
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Crespi, B. & Badcock, C. Behav. Brain Sci. 31, 241–261 (2008).
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Christopher Badcock is a reader in sociology at the London School of Economics, Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE, UK.
- Christopher Badcock
Bernard Crespi is professor of evolutionary biology at Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia V5A 1S6, Canada. crespi@sfu.ca
- Bernard Crespi
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