The G619A Aa-nat gene polymorphism does not contribute to sleep time variation in the Brazilian population.

abstract：:The zebrafish enjoys several advantages over other model organisms. It is small, easy to maintain, prolific, and numerous genetic tools are available for it. For example, forward genetic screens have allowed investigators to identify important genes potentially involved in a variety of functions from embryogenesis to ...

journal_title：Behavior genetics

authors： Gerlai R,Poshusta TL,Rampersad M,Fernandes Y,Greenwood TM,Cousin MA,Klee EW,Clark KJ

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Roman high- and low-avoidance (RHA/Verh and RLA/Verh) rats are selected and bred for extreme divergence in two-way active avoidance acquisition. In addition, compared to RLA/Verh rats, RHA/Verh rats are (behaviorally and physiologically) less anxious or reactive to stressors, show increased novelty (sensation)-seeking...

journal_title：Behavior genetics

authors： Fernández-Teruel A,Escorihuela RM,Castellano B,González B,Tobeña A

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The amygdala integrates and coordinates emotional and autonomic responses. The genetics that underlie variation in amygdala structure may be coupled to variation in levels of aggression, fear, anxiety, and affiliated behaviors. We systematically quantified the volume and cell populations of the basolateral amygdala co...

journal_title：Behavior genetics

authors： Mozhui K,Hamre KM,Holmes A,Lu L,Williams RW

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fingerprints and handedness were measured in 2169 subjects. Left-handers were more likely to have an increased number of arches and radial loops, while having fewer whorls and lower pattern intensity than right-handers. Analyzing by hand and digit, the differences were most marked on the left hand, which showed signif...

journal_title：Behavior genetics

authors： Coren S

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Percentages of left-handed relatives were compared between subgroups of left-handers and of right-handers to test the prediction that the subgroups are ordered for probability of carrying the rs +/gene (hypothesized by the right-shift theory of handedness). Data included families of undergraduates and Open University ...

journal_title：Behavior genetics

authors： Annett M

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As a result of different feeding regimens, two laboratory populations of the beetle Callosobruchus maculatus Fab. developed different rates of oviposition. The behavior of the F1 hybrids cannot be explained with an additive model of inheritance. The unusual pattern of inheritance suggests a sex-related factor(s) and a...

journal_title：Behavior genetics

authors： Mark GA

更新日期：1981-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cannabis use is linked to positive and negative outcomes. Identifying genetic targets of susceptibility to the negative effects of cannabinoid use is of growing importance. The current study sought to complete short-term selective breeding for adolescent sensitivity and resistance to the locomotor effects of a single ...

journal_title：Behavior genetics

authors： Kasten CR,Zhang Y,Mackie K,Boehm SL 2nd

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A large sample of adult twins (1117 pairs), who were concordant for having had children were asked to report on their child-rearing practices. A 14-item version of the Parental Bonding Instrument (PBI) was used to assess rearing practices of parent twins. The two factors of Care and Overprotection, commonly found in o...

journal_title：Behavior genetics

authors： Pérusse D,Neale MC,Heath AC,Eaves LJ

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study we examined cross-sectional age differences in means, phenotypic covariance structure, and the underlying genetic and environmental structure of four personality constructs from Cloninger's personality system: Novelty Seeking (NS), Harm Avoidance (HA), Reward Dependence (RD), and Persistence (PS). Study ...

journal_title：Behavior genetics

authors： Heiman N,Stallings MC,Hofer SM,Hewitt JK

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a sample of 1,940 Dutch 7-year-old twin pairs we studied the etiology of individual differences in Internalizing and Externalizing behavioral problems. For the majority of twins in the sample, both maternal and paternal ratings of behavioral problems were obtained from the Child Behavior Checklist. This made it pos...

journal_title：Behavior genetics

authors： van der Valk JC,van den Oord EJ,Verhulst FC,Boomsma DI

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anxiety disorders are phenotypically complex and may involve multiple genetic influences on many neurotransmitter systems. Rodent tests used to investigate genetic influences on anxiety-like phenotypes have face and predictive validity as models for anxiety in humans. If multiple genes contribute additively to a trait...

journal_title：Behavior genetics

authors： Conti LH,Jirout M,Breen L,Vanella JJ,Schork NJ,Printz MP

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Latent variable models are used in biological and social sciences to investigate characteristics that are not directly measurable. The generation of individual scores of latent variables can simplify subsequent analyses. However, missing measurements in real data complicate the calculation of scores. Missing observati...

journal_title：Behavior genetics

authors： Campbell DD,Rijsdijk FV,Sham PC

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human facial attractiveness and facial sexual dimorphism (masculinity-femininity) are important facets of mate choice and are hypothesized to honestly advertise genetic quality. However, it is unclear whether genes influencing facial attractiveness and masculinity-femininity have similar, opposing, or independent effe...

journal_title：Behavior genetics

authors： Mitchem DG,Purkey AM,Grebe NM,Carey G,Garver-Apgar CE,Bates TC,Arden R,Hewitt JK,Medland SE,Martin NG,Zietsch BP,Keller MC

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Knowledge about the proportion of markers without effects (p( 0 )) and the effect sizes in large scale genetic studies is important to understand the basic properties of the data and for applications such as the control of false discoveries and designing adequately powered replication studies. Many p(0) estimators hav...

journal_title：Behavior genetics

authors： Bukszár J,van den Oord EJ

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most research on child behavior incorporates information from different individuals. While agreement between informants is generally only modest, there is little understanding of the processes underlying disagreement. In twin studies, differential agreement among raters for MZ and DZ twins is of particular concern. Th...

journal_title：Behavior genetics

authors： Simonoff E,Pickles A,Hewitt J,Silberg J,Rutter M,Loeber R,Meyer J,Neale M,Eaves L

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We analyzed the genetic architecture of prepubertal development of relative weight to height in 216 monozygotic and 159 dizygotic complete Japanese twin pairs (52% girls). Ponderal index at birth (kg/m(3)) and body mass index (BMI, kg/m(2)) from 1 to 11 years of age were used. Additive genetic factors explained the ma...

journal_title：Behavior genetics

authors： Silventoinen K,Kaprio J,Yokoyama Y

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Workers from colonies of Cape honeybees show marked phenotypic differences in performance in proboscis extension reflex (PER) conditioning. Analysis of these differences using parthenogenetic offspring groups permitted the estimation of genotypic values and revealed a high degree of genetic variability that is evident...

journal_title：Behavior genetics

authors： Brandes C

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of the period of the environmental cycle during gestation and infancy on the circadian period of adult hamsters was studied. Tau-mutant hamsters of all three genotypes (+/+, 24-h circadian period; +/tau, 22-h period; tau/tau, 20-h period) were conceived and raised under either a 20-h light-dark cycle or a 24-...

journal_title：Behavior genetics

authors： Refinetti R

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study explored the effects of infantile stimulation (i.e., neonatal handling or NH) on the performance of 18-month-old Roman high-avoidance (RHA/Verh) and low-avoidance (RLA/Verh) rats in a swimming pool matching-to-place (SPMP) test. This test (also called repeated acquisition and place learning-set parad...

journal_title：Behavior genetics

authors： Aguilar R,Escorihuela RM,Gil L,Tobeña A,Fernández-Teruel A

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Components of the communication system between infant and adult rodents based on ultrasonic vocalizations (USVs) of infants are analyzed. USVs are most often emitted from a pup lost outside the nest in response to changes of: (i) body temperature, (ii) contact with adults/littermates, (iii) handling, and (iv) smell. T...

journal_title：Behavior genetics

authors： Ehret G

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Male Drosophila melanogaster from lines artificially selected to have divergent life histories were tested to determine if they differed in their effects on female reproductive behavior. During the first 5 days after mating, males from short-generation populations caused females to lay eggs at a faster rate than did m...

journal_title：Behavior genetics

authors： Service PM,Vossbrink RE

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined longitudinally collected behavioral reports by teachers on a unique twin sample at the ages of 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12 years. As twin and adoption studies implicate the role of genetic influence on behavioral problems found to be stable in epidemiological samples, the current study employs a developmental ...

journal_title：Behavior genetics

authors： Haberstick BC,Schmitz S,Young SE,Hewitt JK

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In studies of child psychopathology, phenotypes of interest are often obtained by parental ratings. When behavioral ratings are obtained in the context of a twin study, this allows for the decomposition of the phenotypic variance, into a genetic and a non-genetic part. If a phenotype is assessed by a single rater, her...

journal_title：Behavior genetics

authors： Fedko IO,Wesseldijk LW,Nivard MG,Hottenga JJ,van Beijsterveldt CE,Middeldorp CM,Bartels M,Boomsma DI

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Offspring outcomes are a function of maternal genetics operating on the intrauterine and postnatal environment, offspring genetics and environmental factors. Partitioning genetic effects into maternal and offspring components requires genotyped mother-offspring pairs or genotyped individuals with phenotypic informatio...

journal_title：Behavior genetics

authors： Moen GH,Hemani G,Warrington NM,Evans DM

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Structural equation modeling (SEM) provides a flexible tool to carry out genetic analyses of family and twin data. The basic model which decomposes the variance between and within families for a particular trait into genetic and non-genetic components can be generalized to multivariate and/or longitudinal data, incorp...

journal_title：Behavior genetics

authors： Posthuma D,Boomsma DI

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent substantive research on biometric analyses of twin and family data has used both a biometric path analysis model (PAM) and a biometric variance components model (VCM). Methodological research on these same topics have suggested benefits of using linear structural equation model algorithms (SEMA) as well as mixe...

journal_title：Behavior genetics

authors： McArdle JJ,Prescott CA

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Variance components analysis provides an efficient method for performing linkage analysis for quantitative traits. However, power and type 1 error of variance components-based likelihood ratio testing may be affected when phenotypic data are nonnormally distributed (especially with high values of kurtosis) and there i...

journal_title：Behavior genetics

authors： Shete S,Beasley TM,Etzel CJ,Fernández JR,Chen J,Allison DB,Amos CI

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a repeated-measures, genetic analysis of ethanol-induced anesthesia (sleep time) in mice from the inbred long-sleep (ILS) and short-sleep (ISS) strains of mice and their derived F1 and F2 generations. Mice (total N > 1300) were administered a 4.1 g/kg intraperitoneal dose of ethanol at two times, 7 to 10 da...

journal_title：Behavior genetics

authors： Markel PD,DeFries JC,Johnson TE

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To extend Purcell's well known ACE model in testing gene by measured environment interactions (GxM) in behavior genetic designs, Rathouz et al. considered a broader class of models for quantifying and testing such interactions. Only a sub-group of these extended models have been investigated for their statistical oper...

journal_title：Behavior genetics

authors： Zheng H,Van Hulle CA,Rathouz PJ

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Selective breeding for initial sensitivity to ethanol has been carried out by a number of investigators in order to investigate the mechanisms by which ethanol brings about a myriad of effects on the mammalian central nervous system. In addition the availability of these selectively bred animals provides clues to the ...

journal_title：Behavior genetics

authors： Deitrich RA

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00