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Sociologists looking at risky behavior plunge into the gene pool

A new study of youths reveals that social scientists’ opinions still vary on the potential of studying how genes interact with social contexts

By Bruce Bower

- More than 2 years ago

ATLANTA — Early in the morning on August 14, sociologists crammed into a meeting room here to debate the merits of their unlikely new collaboration with geneticists trying to unravel the roots of behavior.