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Why children in the same family are so different from one another

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Commentary onPlominRobert and DanielsDenise (1987). Why are children in the same family so different from one another? BBS 10: 1–60.

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Robert Plomin
Robert Plomin
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Center for Developmental and Health Genetics and Department of Human Development and Family Studies, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, Electronic mail: pvq@psuvm.edu
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 14 , Issue 2 , June 1991, pp. 336 - 338
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