For some, violent criminality may be written in their genes

Thursday, October 30, 2014 - 13:31 in Biology & Nature

In an apparent first, a study of Finnish convicts has identified genetic variations at two key sites on the genome that may distinguish extremely violent criminals from the rest of us. The two single nucleotide polymorphisms, or SNPs, that appear to predispose an individual to committing acts...

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