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Politics, Genetics, and “Greedy Reductionism”1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 June 2008

Evan Charney
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I would like to thank Alford, Funk, and Hibbing, and Hannagan and Hatemi, for agreeing to write critical responses to my article, and I am grateful for the opportunity afforded me to respond.

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Perspectives on Politics , Volume 6 , Issue 2 , June 2008 , pp. 337 - 343
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Copyright © American Political Science Association 2008

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