How Genes Influence Behavior

How Genes Influence Behavior 2e takes a personal and lively approach to the study of behavioral genetics, providing an up-to-date and accessible introduction to a variety of approaches and their application to a wide range of disorders, and modeling a critical approach to both methods and results.

List of contents

• 1: Introduction


• 2: The genetic epidemiology of schizophrenia


• 3: Molecular biology of nucleic acids


• 4: Epigenetics, gene regulation, and 'omic technologies


• 5: Linkage and association


• 6: Genome wide association studies (GWAS)


• 7: Molecular genetics of schizophrenia


• 8: Autism spectrum disorder


• 9: Intellectual disability and developmental disorders


• 10: Anxiety, depression, and eating disorders


• 11: Alcoholism


• 12: The genetics of intelligence, personality, and personality disorders


• 13: Genes for what?


• 14: Genes and the environment


• 15: Mapping mouse behavior


• 16: Reverse genetics


• 17: Mutagenesis and the molecular dissection of circadian rhythms


• 18: Many vs. One: Genetic Variation in Flies and Worms


• 19: Comparative genomics


• 20: How genes influence behavior


• 21: How do we know a finding is true? Quantitative Approaches


• Appendix

About the author

Jonathan Flint is a Professor at the University of California Los Angeles where he works on the genetic basis of depression using both human and animal models.

Ralph Greenspan is a Professor at the University of California San Diego where he is Associate Director of Kavli Institute for Mind and Brain. He work includes analysis of the genetic control of nervous system development in the fruit fly and mouse, and genetic and neurobiological studies of innate and learned behaviors in the fruit fly.

Kenneth Kendler is a Professor at the Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics at the Virginia Commonwealth University. He has conducted family and twin studies on a range of psychiatric and substance use disorders as well as molecular genetic studies on schizophrenia, alcoholism, and depression.

Summary

How Genes Influence Behavior 2e takes a personal and lively approach to the study of behavioral genetics, providing an up-to-date and accessible introduction to a variety of approaches and their application to a wide range of disorders, and modeling a critical approach to both methods and results.

Additional text

An excellent and easy-to-read, engaging textbook.

Product details

• Authors: Jonathan Flint, Jonathan (Semel Institute for Neuroscience Flint, Jonathan (Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior Flint, Flint Jonathan, Ralph J. Greenspan, Ralph J. (Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind Greenspan, Greenspan Ralph J., Kenneth S. Kendler, Kenneth S. (Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics Kendler, Kendler Kenneth S.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.01.2020
• EAN: 9780198716877
• ISBN: 978-0-19-871687-7
• No. of pages: 392
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Genetics, genetic engineering; PSYCHOLOGY / Psychopathology / General, PSYCHOLOGY / Clinical Psychology, MEDICAL / Psychiatry / General, PSYCHOLOGY / Neuropsychology, PSYCHOLOGY / Physiological Psychology, Physiological & neuro-psychology, biopsychology, Physiological and neuro-psychology, biopsychology, Genetics (non-medical)