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Genetics, Behavioral

Known as: Behavioral Genetics, Genetic Determinants of Behavior 
The study of the genetic factors of behavioral phenotypes such as eating or mating activity, substance abuse, social attitudes, violence, and mental… 
National Institutes of Health

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BehaviorEducational aspectsGenetics, PopulationHereditary Diseases

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Biological PsychiatryPsychobiologyScience of genetics

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Highly Cited
2015
Highly Cited
2015
Neuroscience and behavioral genetics in US criminal law: an empirical analysis
The goal of this study was to examine the growing use of neurological and behavioral genetic evidence by criminal defendants in… 
Review
2012
Review
2012
Impact of the BDNF Val66Met Polymorphism on Cognition
Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is a member of the neurotrophin growth factor family and is implicated as a modulator of… 
Review
2010
Review
2010
Subjective Responses to Alcohol Consumption as Endophenotypes: Advancing Behavioral Genetics in Etiological and Treatment Models of Alcoholism
Individual differences in subjective responses to alcohol consumption represent genetically mediated biobehavioral mechanisms of… 
Review
2008
Review
2008
Gene-environment interaction and covariation in schizophrenia: the role of obstetric complications.
While genetic factors account for a significant proportion of liability to schizophrenia, a body of evidence attests to a… 
Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Genetics and the Social Science Explanation of Individual Outcomes1
Accumulating evidence from behavioral genetics suggests that the vast majority of individual‐level outcomes of abiding… 
Review
2006
Review
2006
Darwinism, behavioral genetics, and organizational behavior: A review and agenda for future research.
In this article, a case is made for the importance of evolutionary processes and behavioral genetics for organizational behavior… 
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Race and genetics: controversies in biomedical, behavioral, and forensic sciences.
Among biomedical scientists, there is a great deal of controversy over the nature of race, the relevance of racial categories for… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
On Making Behavioral Genetics Truly Developmental
What will it take to make behavioral genetics truly developmental? In my opinion, the purely statistical population view will… 
Review
2003
Review
2003
Biocultural orchestration of developmental plasticity across levels: the interplay of biology and culture in shaping the mind and behavior across the life span.
The author reviews reemerging coconstructive conceptions of development and recent empirical findings of developmental plasticity… 
Highly Cited
1965
Highly Cited
1965
Genetics and the Social Behaviour of the Dog
The classic study of dog behavior gathered into one volume. Based on twenty years of research at the Jackson Laboratory, this is… 
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