Anomalous sex-related inheritance of oviposition rate in Callosobruchus maculatus fab. (Coleoptera: Bruchidae).

abstract：:The conditioned and reflex parameters in rat lines selected for the threshold of excitability (a fundamental characteristics of the functional state of the nervous system) were estimated. This measure is based on the response of the tibial nerve to electrical stimulation, which gives a general indication of the level ...

journal_title：Behavior genetics

authors： Vaydo AI,Shiryaeva NV,Lopatina NG

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The non-synonymous SNP rs2228145 in the IL6R gene on chromosome 1q21.3 is associated with a wide range of common diseases, including asthma, rheumatoid arthritis, type 1 diabetes and coronary heart disease. We examined the contribution of this functional IL6R gene polymorphism rs2228145 versus other genome-wide SNPs t...

journal_title：Behavior genetics

authors： van Dongen J,Jansen R,Smit D,Hottenga JJ,Mbarek H,Willemsen G,Kluft C,AAGC Collaborators.,Penninx BW,Ferreira MA,Boomsma DI,de Geus EJ

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Individuals involved in a social interaction exhibit different behavioral traits that, in combination, form the individual's behavioral responses. Selectively bred strains of silver foxes (Vulpes vulpes) demonstrate markedly different behaviors in their response to humans. To identify the genetic basis of these behavi...

journal_title：Behavior genetics

authors： Nelson RM,Temnykh SV,Johnson JL,Kharlamova AV,Vladimirova AV,Gulevich RG,Shepeleva DV,Oskina IN,Acland GM,Rönnegård L,Trut LN,Carlborg Ö,Kukekova AV

更新日期：2017-01-01 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：:This article reports the results of 11 generations of selective breeding for isolation-induced, interfemale aggression in Mus musculus. Within-family selection was used to form two high, two low, and two unselected control lines, beginning with a population of wild-trapped mice. Selection was successful in establishin...

journal_title：Behavior genetics

authors： Hyde JS,Sawyer TF

更新日期：1980-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study documented the etiology contributions between anxiety symptoms (AS) and depressive symptoms (DS) from ages 6-12 years. Teachers assessed AS and DS in 1112 twins at 5 time points. A genetic cross-lagged model was used to estimate genetic/environmental contributions to cross-sectional, cross-age and cross-lag...

journal_title：Behavior genetics

authors： Tanguay-Garneau L,Boivin M,Feng B,Matte-Landry A,Brendgen M,Vitaro F,Dionne G

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A model of handedness incorporating both genetic and cultural processes is proposed, based on an evolutionary analysis, and maximum-likelihood estimates of its parameters are generated. This model has the characteristics that (i) no genetic variation underlies variation in handedness, and (ii) variation in handedness ...

journal_title：Behavior genetics

authors： Laland KN,Kumm J,Van Horn JD,Feldman MW

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

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：:In an investigation into the effects of developmental isolation from all conspecifics, the Drosophila willistoni group of six sibling species responded to differing degrees: all six are reproductively isolated from D. paulistorum, the tester species. Drosophila pavlovskiana, a narrow endemic, proved the most vulnerabl...

journal_title：Behavior genetics

authors： Kim YK,Ehrman L

更新日期：1999-01-01 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：:The transmission of social attitudes has been investigated as a possible model of cultural inheritance in a sample of 3810 twin pairs from the Australian National Health and Medical Research Twin Registry. Six social attitude factors were identified and univariate genetic models fitted to scores on each factor. A join...

journal_title：Behavior genetics

authors： Truett KR,Eaves LJ,Meyer JM,Heath AC,Martin NG

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of marriage varies across the lifespan, as does its importance to reproduction and the nurturance of children. We examined genetic and environmental influences on self-reported marriage at each decade from 20 through 70 years of age, using data collected for the Duke Dementia Study, a followed-up subset...

journal_title：Behavior genetics

authors： Trumbetta SL,Markowitz EM,Gottesman II

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parameter estimates from analyses of univariate twin data usually do not reflect the uncertainty due to the model selection phase of the data analysis. To address the effect of model selection uncertainty on parameter estimates, we introduce frequentist model-averaged estimators for univariate twin data analysis that ...

journal_title：Behavior genetics

authors： Williams CJ,Christian JC

更新日期：2006-09-01 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：:Extreme sampling of sibling pairs has been shown to be efficient in terms of statistical power and sample sizes (in number of sibling pairs needed to genotype) to detect a quantitative trait locus (QTL) when the residual distribution is normal. In the present study, the efficiency of extreme sampling strategies to det...

journal_title：Behavior genetics

authors： Heo M,Faith MS,Allison DB

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The goal of the present study is to examine genetic and environmental influences on maternal and teacher ratings of Attention Problems (AP) in 7-year-old children. Teachers completed the Teacher Report Form (N=2259 pairs), and mothers the Child Behavior Checklist (N=2057 pairs). Higher correlations were found in twins...

journal_title：Behavior genetics

authors： Derks EM,Hudziak JJ,Van Beijsterveldt CE,Dolan CV,Boomsma DI

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is considerable evidence that sex differences in spatial ability exist in adults, with males outperforming females at every age after puberty. It is difficult, however, to find sex differences in children younger than 13. This is due in part to the lack of adequate measures of spatial ability for use with childr...

journal_title：Behavior genetics

authors： Kerns KA,Berenbaum SA

更新日期：1991-07-01 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：:The escape efficiency of two closely related species of frogs, Odontophrynus cultripes (2n = 22) and the tetraploid O. americanus (4n = 44), were compared in a shuttle box and under simulated naturalistic conditions. O. americanus was generally superior to O. cultripes, and females tended to outperform males within bo...

journal_title：Behavior genetics

authors： Murphey RM,Beçak W,Dias de Moraes AE

更新日期：1981-05-01 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：:Genetic and environmental determinants of self-reported alcohol consumption were investigated in a sample of 2513 twin pairs who were first assessed at age 16 and were followed-up at age 17. At age 16, 77% of the sample was drinking, and 65% of drinkers reported drinking to intoxication. Both drinking and drinking to ...

journal_title：Behavior genetics

authors： Viken RJ,Kaprio J,Koskenvuo M,Rose RJ

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A model to analyze resemblances of twins and parents using LISREL is outlined and applied to sports participation and heart-rate data. Sports participation and heart rate were measured in 44 monozygotic and 46 dizygotic adolescent twin pairs and in their parents. Genetic factors influence variation in both sports beha...

journal_title：Behavior genetics

authors： Boomsma DI,van den Bree MB,Orlebeke JF,Molenaar PC

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Univariate and multivariate analyses of the genetic and environmental contributions to variance in adipose tissue and adipose tissue distribution were carried out in early adolescents. Stature, weight, body mass index (BMI), and five subcutaneous skinfolds were measured at half-yearly intervals in 105 MZ and DZ twin p...

journal_title：Behavior genetics

authors： Beunen G,Maes HH,Vlietinck R,Malina RM,Thomis M,Feys E,Loos R,Derom C

更新日期：1998-07-01 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：:Mutations on the period locus of Drosophila melanogaster influence circadian periods as well as the rhythm in inter-pulse intervals in male courtship song; perL mutations produce long circadian periods and courtship song rhythms and per(s) mutations produce short circadian periods and courtship song rhythms. Thus, the...

journal_title：Behavior genetics

authors： Roche JP,Talyn BC,Dowse HB

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A wealth of literature suggests that normative and heavy alcohol consumption continue to follow a historical pattern of greater prevalence among males as compared to females. Some prior research suggested that sex-specific factors might explain some of this gender gap. Generally speaking, though, more recent studies h...

journal_title：Behavior genetics

authors： Richardson GB,Boutwell BB

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We review the literature on the familial resemblance of body mass index (BMI) and other adiposity measures and find strikingly convergent results for a variety of relationships. Results from twin studies suggest that genetic factors explain 50 to 90% of the variance in BMI. Family studies generally report estimates of...

journal_title：Behavior genetics

authors： Maes HH,Neale MC,Eaves LJ

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using high resolution magnetic resonance imaging data, we examined the interrelationships between eight cerebral lobar volumetric measures via both exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses in a large sample (N = 484) of pediatric twins and singletons. These analyses suggest the presence of strong genetic correlati...

journal_title：Behavior genetics

authors： Schmitt JE,Wallace GL,Lenroot RK,Ordaz SE,Greenstein D,Clasen L,Kendler KS,Neale MC,Giedd JN

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new assay was designed, named checker, that measures the individual response to light in the fruitfly Drosophila melanogaster larva. In this assay the Drosophila larva apparently modulates its pattern of locomotion when faced with a choice between a dark and lit environment by orienting its movement towards the dark...

journal_title：Behavior genetics

authors： Hassan J,Busto M,Iyengar B,Campos AR

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is well established that many continuously distributed traits have a heritable component. However, it is often difficult to communicate to the general public the meaning of quantitative estimates of heritability. To address this problem, the present paper introduces a heuristic for communicating heritability to non...

journal_title：Behavior genetics

authors： Allison DB,Faith MS

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00