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• Select New Findings from Northwestern University in the Area of Personality Research Described (Shared Environment Estimates for Educational Attainment: A Puzzle and Possible Solutions)

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  New Findings from Northwestern University in the Area of Personality Research Described (Shared Environment Estimates for Educational Attainment: A Puzzle and Possible Solutions)

  From:Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week

  Apr. 1, 2017308 words Brief article, Repor... 1540L2017 APR 1 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week -- Investigators publish new report on Personality Research. According to news reporting originating in Evanston, Illinois,...
• Select Toward Behavioral Genomics

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  Toward Behavioral Genomics

  Authors:Peter McGuffin, Brien Riley, and Robert PlominFrom:Science (Vol. 291, Issue 5507) Peer-Reviewed

  Feb. 16, 20011,250 words Article The genetics of behavior offers more opportunity for media sensationalism than any other branch of current science. Frequent news reports claim that researchers have discovered the "gene for" such traits as aggression,...
• Select Evolution of genes involved in feeding preference and metabolic processes in Calliphoridae (Diptera: Calyptratae)

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  Evolution of genes involved in feeding preference and metabolic processes in Calliphoridae (Diptera: Calyptratae)

  Authors:Gisele Antoniazzi Cardoso, Marco Antonio Tonus Marinho, Raquel Dietsche Monfardini, Ana Maria Lima de Azeredo Espin, and Tatiana Teixeira TorresFrom:PeerJ (Vol. 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Oct. 27, 20167,706 words Article 1400LBackground The genotype-phenotype interactions among traits governing feeding preference are of fundamental importance to behavioral genetics and evolutionary biology. The genetic basis of behavioral traits has been...
• Select Three-dimensional behavioural phenotyping of freely moving C. elegans using quantitative light field microscopy

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  Three-dimensional behavioural phenotyping of freely moving C. elegans using quantitative light field microscopy

  Authors:Michael Shaw, Haoyun Zhan, Muna Elmi, Vijay Pawar, Clara Essmann, and Mandayam A. SrinivasanFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 13, Issue 7) Peer-Reviewed

  July 11, 20186,880 words Report 1670LBehavioural phenotyping of model organisms is widely used to investigate fundamental aspects of organism biology, from the functioning of the nervous system to the effects of genetic mutations, as well as for screening...
• Select Neurobehavioral assessment in the information age

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  Neurobehavioral assessment in the information age

  Authors:Laurence H Tecott and Eric J NestlerFrom:Nature Neuroscience (Vol. 7, Issue 5) Peer-Reviewed

  May 20044,732 words Article 1550LThe elucidation of the human and mouse genomes provides new opportunities for exploring the genetic underpinnings of complex mammalian behaviors. This information also provides new windows into the pathophysiology and...
• Select Investigators from Duke University Release New Data on Genetic Risk (The "golden Age" of Behavior Genetics?)

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  Investigators from Duke University Release New Data on Genetic Risk (The "golden Age" of Behavior Genetics?)

  From:Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week

  Apr. 2, 2022390 words Brief article 1480L2022 APR 2 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week -- Data detailed on Genetic Diseases and Conditions - Genetic Risk have been presented. According to news reporting out of...
• Select Jamaican Symmetry Project: Long-Term Study of Fluctuating Asymmetry in Rural Jamaican Children

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  Jamaican Symmetry Project: Long-Term Study of Fluctuating Asymmetry in Rural Jamaican Children

  Authors:R. TRIVERS, J.T. MANNING, R. THORNHILL, D. SINGH, and M. MCGUIREFrom:Human Biology (Vol. 71, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  June 19994,977 words Article R. TRIVERS [1] J.T. MANNING [2] R. THORNHILL [3] D. SINGH [4] M. MCGUIRE [5] Abstract Fluctuating asymmetry, small deviations from perfect bilateral symmetry, is negatively correlated with health and...
• Select Aliskiren in hypertension: evidence for its potential therapeutic value

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  Aliskiren in hypertension: evidence for its potential therapeutic value

  Author:Doris PeterFrom:Core Evidence (Vol. 1, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 20056,849 words Disease/Disorder ove... 1500LAbstract Introduction: Aliskiren is the first in a new class of antihypertensive drugs that inhibits the conversion of angiotensinogen to angiotensin I by renin, thereby inhibiting production of angiotensin II, the...
• Select Human behavioral genetics: synthesis of quantitative and molecular approaches

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  Human behavioral genetics: synthesis of quantitative and molecular approaches

  Authors:Jeffrey W. Gilger and Scott L. HershbergerFrom:Human Biology (Vol. 70, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  Apr. 19981,366 words Article Studies in the field of human behavioral genetics enable people to learn more about themselves and the genetic attributes that make them function as such. Sexuality, learning, intelligence as well as physical and...
• Select Thinking about parent and child

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  Thinking about parent and child

  Author:James Q. WilsonFrom:Public Interest (Issue 135) Peer-Reviewed

  Spring 19994,262 words Article Many behavioral geneticists agree that heredity is a significant contributor to the overall behavior of children. They contend that parenting style and other social factors such as income and education do not make a...
• Select From fruit flies, rats, mice: evidence of genetic influence

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  From fruit flies, rats, mice: evidence of genetic influence

  Author:Marcia BarinagaFrom:Science (Vol. 264, Issue 5166) Peer-Reviewed

  June 17, 19943,502 words Article Researchers study how genes affect behavior in animals primarily for the purpose of learning something about the causes of human behavior. Progress in animal behavior genetics from the 1960s to the present is briefly...
• Select Conflict marks crime conference; charges of racism and eugenics exploded at a controversial meeting exploring the genetic basis of crime, yet some opponents found a little common ground

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  Conflict marks crime conference; charges of racism and eugenics exploded at a controversial meeting exploring the genetic basis of crime, yet some opponents found a little common ground

  Author:Wade RoushFrom:Science (Vol. 269, Issue 5232) Peer-Reviewed

  Sept. 29, 19951,474 words Article 'The Meaning and Significance of Research on Genetics and Criminal Behavior' was held in Queenstown, MD, despite significant opposition from the public and many scientists. Opponents feared that the study of genetic...
• Select Findings on Human Genetics Reported by Investigators at Towson University (Is Apostasy Heritable? A Behavior Genetics Study)

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  Findings on Human Genetics Reported by Investigators at Towson University (Is Apostasy Heritable? A Behavior Genetics Study)

  From:Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week

  Aug. 10, 2019372 words Article 1480L2019 AUG 10 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week -- Investigators discuss new findings in Genetics - Human Genetics. According to news reporting originating from Towson,...
• Select Genopolitics: The dormant niche in political science curriculum in South African universities

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  Genopolitics: The dormant niche in political science curriculum in South African universities

  Authors:Mlamuli N. Hlatshwayo and Kehdinga G. FomunyamFrom:Td - The Journal for Transdisciplinary Research in Southern Africa (Vol. 14, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Annual 20188,163 words Report 1640LSouth African higher education institutions have been grappling with the challenges of transformation and decolonisation as a result of the 2015-2016 student protests calling into focus issue of access (both formal and...
• Select Gene-environment correlations: a review of the evidence and implications for prevention of mental illness

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  Gene-environment correlations: a review of the evidence and implications for prevention of mental illness

  Authors:S.R. Jaffee and T.S. PriceFrom:Molecular Psychiatry (Vol. 12, Issue 5) Peer-Reviewed

  May 20079,387 words Article 1870LFamily studies have demonstrated genetic influences on environmental exposure: the phenomenon of gene-environment correlation (rGE). A few molecular genetic studies have confirmed the results, but the identification of...
• Select Contributions and promise of human behavioral genetics

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  Contributions and promise of human behavioral genetics

  Author:Jeffrey W. GilgerFrom:Human Biology (Vol. 72, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Feb. 200010,714 words Report 1380LHuman behavioral genetics is an interdisciplinary mixture of the biological (genetic) and social sciences. Although the genetics of behavior has been studied for many years, the specialized area of human behavioral...
• Select Marital status, alcohol dependence, and GABRA2: evidence for gene-environment correlation and interaction *

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  Marital status, alcohol dependence, and GABRA2: evidence for gene-environment correlation and interaction *

  Authors:Danielle M. Dick, Arpana Agrawal, Marc A. Schuckit, Laura Bierut, Anthony Hinrichs, Louis Fox, et al.From:Journal of Studies on Alcohol (Vol. 67, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  Mar. 20067,348 words Article Objective: The gene GABRA2 has been associated with the risk for alcohol dependence in independent samples. This article explores how this genetic risk factor interacts with marital status, another factor previously...
• Select Behavioral genetics: the science of antisocial behavior

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  Behavioral genetics: the science of antisocial behavior

  Authors:Laura A. Baker, Serena Bezdjian, and Adrian RaineFrom:Law and Contemporary Problems (Vol. 69, Issue 1-2) Peer-Reviewed

  Winter-Spring 200616,204 words Article 2190LI INTRODUCTION Social scientists generally agree that a paradigm shift has occurred over the course of the last three decades of research in human behavior: the zeitgeist has moved away from a culturally centered,...
• Select Feature detection and orientation tuning in the Drosophila central complex

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  Feature detection and orientation tuning in the Drosophila central complex

  Authors:Johannes D. Seelig and Vivek JayaramanFrom:Nature (Vol. 503, Issue 7475) Peer-Reviewed

  Nov. 14, 20136,790 words Report 1420LMany animals, including insects, are known to use visual landmarks to orient in their environment. In Drosophila melanogaster, behavioural genetics studies have identified a higher brain structure called the central...
• Select Advances in behavioral genetics: mouse models of autism

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  Advances in behavioral genetics: mouse models of autism

  Authors:S.S. Moy and J.J. NadlerFrom:Molecular Psychiatry (Vol. 13, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 200821,531 words Clinical report 2170LAutism is a neurodevelopmental syndrome with markedly high heritability. The diagnostic indicators of autism are core behavioral symptoms, rather than definitive neuropathological markers. Etiology is thought to involve...