How Genes Influence Behavior
2nd Edition
Published on 23. January 2020
Book
Paperback/Softback
392 pages
978-0-19-871687-7 (ISBN)
Description
How Genes Influence Behavior 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.
This second edition includes additional biology content to help students understand the biological foundations of the field, while maintaining an appropriate focus on the main issues of relevance to psychology students; updates coverage of genomic technologies and their applications; and covers a wider range of disorders, including autism spectrum disorder, eating disorders, and intellectual disability. A new final chapter guides students through a range of quantitative approaches using worked examples that relate directly to cases and examples used earlier in the text, and addresses current issues arising from debates around reproducibility.
The online resources that accompany this book include:
For students
* Multiple choice questions for students to check their threshold knowledge
* Data sets for students to manipulate, so that they can apply what they have learned
For lecturers
* Figures and tables from the book, ready to download
This second edition includes additional biology content to help students understand the biological foundations of the field, while maintaining an appropriate focus on the main issues of relevance to psychology students; updates coverage of genomic technologies and their applications; and covers a wider range of disorders, including autism spectrum disorder, eating disorders, and intellectual disability. A new final chapter guides students through a range of quantitative approaches using worked examples that relate directly to cases and examples used earlier in the text, and addresses current issues arising from debates around reproducibility.
The online resources that accompany this book include:
For students
* Multiple choice questions for students to check their threshold knowledge
* Data sets for students to manipulate, so that they can apply what they have learned
For lecturers
* Figures and tables from the book, ready to download
Reviews / Votes
The breadth of knowledge that is required to prepare a new generation of behavior geneticists is certainly present in the 2nd edition of How Genes Infuence Behavior * Tinca J. C. Polderman, Behavior Genetics, 07 June 2021 * Easy to read, comprehensive, up to date. The entertaining writing style will enthuse many new students, as will the low price. * Tinca J. C. Polderman, Behavior Genetics, 07 June 2021 * The authors are to be applauded for sharing with us their fascinating journey through the world of genetic research (and Irish hostels, and tattoos), and as such delivering a great contribution to the behavior genetics literature. * Tinca J. C. Polderman, Behavior Genetics, 07 June 2021 * The book covers a wide variety of topics in appropriate depth and with an informative, but relatively informal, style. A major strength is its focus on the recently highlighted topic of reproducibility (and how to maximise this), which is an area in which students need to be suitably educated. * Dr William Davies, Cardiff University * Very easy to read, and the narrative makes it engaging. * Dr Michelle Luciano, University of Edinburgh * An excellent and easy-to-read, engaging textbook. * Professor Robert Gerlai, University of Toronto Mississaugu *More details
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
Revised edition
Dimensions
Height: 246 mm
Width: 189 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
749 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-871687-7 (9780198716877)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
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.
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.
Author
Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA
Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind, University of California, San Diego, California, USA
Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Virginia, USA
Content
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