Oligogenic determination of morphine analgesic magnitude: a genetic analysis of selectively bred mouse lines.

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：:Thirty-one female subjects with Turner syndrome (TS) and 31 normal females matched for age and verbal IQ were given a spatial task requiring the mental rotation of geometric figures. The results revealed a poorer performance by the TS group for most items involving rotations. The relationship between reaction time and...

journal_title：Behavior genetics

authors： Rovet J,Netley C

更新日期：1980-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During middle childhood, continuous changes occur in electroencephalogram (EEG) coherence, an index of cortico-cortical connectivity of the brain. In the gradual development of EEG coher ence, occasional "growth spurts" are observed which coincide with periods of discontinuous development in cognition. Discontinuous d...

journal_title：Behavior genetics

authors： van Baal GC,Boomsma DI,de Geus EJ

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genes involved in melatonin synthesis, such as Aa-nat, may be important for our understanding of diurnal preference and circadian rhythm disturbances in humans. In Japan, Hohjoh et al. reported increased allelic frequencies of the 619A allele of the G619A Aa-nat gene polymorphism in a sample of Delayed Sleep Phase Syn...

journal_title：Behavior genetics

authors： Pereira DS,Pedrazzoli M,Koike Bdel V,Louzada FM,Benedito-Silva AA,Lopez AR,Tufik S

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A central issue in psychiatric genetics is whether positive findings replicate. Zubenko et al. (2002b, Mol. Psychiatry 7:460-467) reported an association of the 124-bp allele of D2S2944 with recurrent early-onset major depression for females. We tested for association of this allele to continuous measures of anxiety, ...

journal_title：Behavior genetics

authors： Beem AL,Geus EJ,Hottenga JJ,Sullivan PF,Willemsen G,Slagboom PE,Boomsma DI

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To study the relationship between genetics and epilepsy, Wistar rats susceptible to audiogenic seizure were selected from the main breeding stock of the Ribeirão Preto School of Medicine at the University of São Paulo, Brazil, and inbred. The criteria for selection were the highest seizure severity index (SI) and shor...

journal_title：Behavior genetics

authors： Doretto MC,Fonseca CG,Lôbo RB,Terra VC,Oliveira JA,Garcia-Cairasco N

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the original version of this article, unfortunately, in the acknowledgement section "National Institutes of Health (NIH, R37 AG033590-08) to J Cacioppo" was omitted. This has been corrected by publishing this erratum. ...

journal_title：Behavior genetics

authors： Baselmans BML,van de Weijer MP,Abdellaoui A,Vink JM,Hottenga JJ,Willemsen G,Nivard MG,de Geus EJC,Boomsma DI,Bartels M

更新日期：2019-05-01 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：:The ε4 allele of the apolipoprotein (APOE) gene is a widely recognized genetic risk factor for developing Alzheimer's disease in older age. However, it is controversial whether there is a positive impact of the APOE ε4 allele on human cognitive performance in young adulthood, possibly representing a case of antagonist...

journal_title：Behavior genetics

authors： Li X,Hildebrandt A,Sommer W,Wilhelm O,Reuter M,Montag C,Zhou C

更新日期：2019-09-01 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：: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

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

abstract：:Reading ability and specific reading disability (SRD) are complex traits involving several cognitive processes and are shaped by a complex interplay of genetic and environmental forces. Linkage studies of these traits have identified several susceptibility loci. Association studies have gone further in detecting candi...

journal_title：Behavior genetics

authors： Skiba T,Landi N,Wagner R,Grigorenko EL

更新日期：2011-01-01 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：: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：:Courtship song serves as a sexual signal and may contribute to reproductive isolation between closely related species. Using lines of Drosophila pseudoobscura experimentally selected under different sexual selection regimes, we tested whether increased promiscuity and enforced monogamy led to evolutionary changes in c...

journal_title：Behavior genetics

authors： Snook RR,Robertson A,Crudgington HS,Ritchie MG

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The equal environments hypothesis of twin methodology was examined for the variable of similarity of appearance as it affects the personality ratings of young twins. There were two separate samples, the first with 95 pairs of same-sex twins and the second with 111 pairs. The average age of the twins in both samples wa...

journal_title：Behavior genetics

authors： Plomin R,Willerman L,Loehlin JC

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Martin and Wilson (1982) describe two forms of sampling bias in twin studies. One is "hard selection," where individuals above a threshold participate, and those below do not. The second is "soft selection," where the probability of including a pair of relatives varies over the range of the character. We present an al...

journal_title：Behavior genetics

authors： Neale MC,Eaves LJ,Kendler KS,Hewitt JK

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Manipulation of endogenous levels of the GABAergic neurosteroid allopregnanolone alters sensitivity to some effects of ethanol. Chronic ethanol withdrawal decreases activity and expression of 5α-reductase-1, an important enzyme in allopregnanolone biosynthesis encoded by the 5α-reductase-1 gene (Srd5a1). The present s...

journal_title：Behavior genetics

authors： Tanchuck-Nipper MA,Ford MM,Hertzberg A,Beadles-Bohling A,Cozzoli DK,Finn DA

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Social aggregations of free-ranging cattle were studied in the Sonoran Desert of Mexico. Cows reared with animals of their own breed in isolation from other breeds maintained segregated social groups. Cows raised together in a mixed herd containing other breeds allied themselves with herd-mates regardless of breed. Ca...

journal_title：Behavior genetics

authors： Murphey RM

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previously, sequence variation in the glucocorticoid (GR) and mineralocorticoid (MR) receptor genes (NR3C1 and NR3C2, respectively) have been found to be associated with physiological stress responses to social stress tests in small samples of adult men and oral contraceptives (OC) using women. Associations between si...

journal_title：Behavior genetics

authors： Bouma EM,Riese H,Nolte IM,Oosterom E,Verhulst FC,Ormel J,Oldehinkel AJ

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bullying comes in different forms, yet most previous genetically-sensitive studies have not distinguished between them. Given the serious consequences and the high prevalence of bullying, it is remarkable that the aetiology of bullying and its different forms has been under-researched. We present the first study to in...

journal_title：Behavior genetics

authors： Veldkamp SAM,Boomsma DI,de Zeeuw EL,van Beijsterveldt CEM,Bartels M,Dolan CV,van Bergen E

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five species of whale with matrilineal social systems (daughters remain with mothers) have remarkably low levels of mitochondrial DNA diversity. Non-heritable matriline-level demography could reduce genetic diversity but the required conditions are not consistent with the natural histories of the matrilineal whales. T...

journal_title：Behavior genetics

authors： Whitehead H,Vachon F,Frasier TR

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:: We report heritabilities for individual differences in female pubertal development at the age of 12. Tanner data on breast and pubic hair development in girls and data on menarche were obtained from a total of 184 pairs of monozygotic and dizygotic twins. Genetic correlations were estimated to determine to what exte...

journal_title：Behavior genetics

authors： van den Berg SM,Setiawan A,Bartels M,Polderman TJ,van der Vaart AW,Boomsma DI

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twin studies are useful for assessing the relative importance of genetic or heritable component from the environmental component. In this paper we develop a methodology to study the heritability of age-at-onset or lifespan traits, with application to analysis of twin survival data. Due to limited period of observation...

journal_title：Behavior genetics

authors： Ha ID,Lee Y,Pawitan Y

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The heritability of human personality is well-established. Recent research indicates that nonadditive genetic effects, such as dominance and epistasis, play a large role in personality variation. One possible explanation for the latter finding is that there has been recent selection on human personality. To test this ...

journal_title：Behavior genetics

authors： Adams MJ,King JE,Weiss A

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic pelvic pain (CPP) is a common condition in women that is difficult to diagnose. Although heritability estimates have been published for some conditions potentially underlying pelvic pain, the heritability of CPP itself has never been investigated. Using data from 623 MZ and 377 DZ female twin pairs aged 29-50 ...

journal_title：Behavior genetics

authors： Zondervan KT,Cardon LR,Kennedy SH,Martin NG,Treloar SA

更新日期：2005-03-01 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：: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：: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