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Y Chromosome and Antisocial Behavior

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Neurobiology of Aggression

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The possible implication of the Y chromosome in antisocial behavior was suggested by gender differences reported extensively by epidemiology and by the special interest shared by neurobiology and ethology for the initiation of aggressive behavior by males. Very soon, the Y chromosome was recognized as being specific to males. As it was, also, highly conserved across the species, the higher incidence of aggressive behavior in males was considered as evidence for the Y chromosome playing a role in violence, aggression, and antisocial behavior in general.

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Roubertoux, P.L., Carlier, M. (2003). Y Chromosome and Antisocial Behavior. In: Mattson, M.P. (eds) Neurobiology of Aggression. Contemporary Neuroscience. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-382-8_7

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