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Developmental behavioral genetics

Child Development, 1983
Developmental behavioral genetics is the study of genetic and environmental influences on individual differences in behavioral development. The interdiscipline offers exciting possibilities for research in both child development and behavioral genetics ...
Plomin, R
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Behavioral genetics

, 2021
In this introductory chapter, we discuss the nexus between evolutionary theory and behavioral genetics, using it to elucidate the biological origins of human behavior and motivational predispositions. We introduce relevant behavioral genetics methods and
Severi Luoto, Michael A. Woodley of Menie   +1 more
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Metaphors in behavioral genetics

Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics, 2003
Behavioral geneticists sometimes use metaphors to describe the role of genes in human behavior. In this paper, five sample texts are analyzed: a popular book, a textbook, a scientific review article, and two original scientific articles representing ...
Nordgren, A.
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In Defence of Behavioral Genetics

Twin Research and Human Genetics
The author presents a commentary on the trilogy of papers by Damien Morris entitled ‘Behavioral Genetics and Human Agency: How Selectively Deterministic Theories of Free Will Drive Unwarranted Opposition to Behavioral Genetic Research and Undermine Our ...
Visscher, Peter M.
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The Genetics of Human Behavior

Columbia Undergraduate Science Journal, 2022
Behavioral disorders arise from environmental, lifestyle, and genetic factors. Past studies have shown evidence for the hereditability of several major behavioral neuropsychiatric disorders, such as schizophrenia, depression, and bipolar disorder.
Kim, Katherine, Streid, David
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Incorporating Genetics into Your Studies: A Guide for Social Scientists

Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2011
There has been a surge of interest in recent years in incorporating genetic components into on-going longitudinal, developmental studies and related psychological studies. While this represents an exciting new direction in developmental science, much of
Danielle eDick, Brien eRiley, Shawn J. Latendresse   +2 more
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The Autism-Related Protein SETD5 Controls Neural Cell Proliferation through Epigenetic Regulation of rDNA Expression

iScience, 2020
Summary: Haploinsufficiency of SETD5 is implicated in syndromic autism spectrum disorder (ASD), but the molecular mechanism underlying the pathological role of this protein has remained unclear.
Tadashi Nakagawa, Satoko Hattori, Risa Nobuta, Ryuichi Kimura, Makiko Nakagawa, Masaki Matsumoto, Yuko Nagasawa, Ryo Funayama, Tsuyoshi Miyakawa, Toshifumi Inada, Noriko Osumi, Keiichi I. Nakayama, Keiko Nakayama   +12 more
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From observational to dynamic genetics [PDF]

, 2014
Twin and family studies have shown that most traits are at least moderately heritable. But what are the implications of finding genetic influence for the design of intervention and prevention programs?
Oliver S. P. Davis, Davis, Oliver S. P., Claire M. A. Haworth, Oliver S.P. Davis, Haworth, Claire M. A., Claire M. A. Haworth, Davis, Oliver S P, Haworth, Claire M A   +7 more
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Integrating cultural evolution and behavioral genetics

, 2022
The 29 commentaries amplified our key arguments; offered extensions, implications, and applications of the framework; and pushed back and clarified. To help forge the path forward for cultural evolutionary behavioral genetics, we (1) focus on conceptual ...
Muthukrishna, Michael, Spicer, Rachel, Uchiyama, Ryutaro   +2 more
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Community genetics. Its definition 2010 [PDF]

, 2010
This paper presents a definition of the medical field of community genetics. It starts with a brief historical overview, defines the requirements for an adequate definition, presents the definition, and discusses the constituent parts of the ...
Kate, L.P. ten, Hamamy, H., Arnold Christianson, Ulf Kristoffersson, Lihadh Al-Gazali, Rahman, P., Jean-Jacques Cassiman, Marais, A.D., Kate, L.P., Proton Rahman, Kristoffersson, U., Victor B. Penchaszadeh, Bittles, A., Cornel, M.C., ten Kate, L.P., Kääriäinen, H., Cassiman, J.J., Christianson, A., Hanan Hamamy, Al-Gazali, L., Schmidtke, J., David Marais, Leo P. ten Kate, Jörg Schmidtke, Helena Kääriäinen, Martina C. Cornel, Anand, S., Penchaszadeh, V.B., Alan Bittles, Sonia Anand, Marais, D., Cassiman, J-J, Leo P. ten Kate   +32 more
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