Psychology GCSE
Genetic polymorphism
What Genetic polymorphism means in Psychology GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Genetic polymorphism
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A variation in a gene, such as the polymorphism in the 5-HTT gene examined by Caspi et al. (2003).
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