Articles on behavioral genetics

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General articles

Recent Developments in Human Behavioral Genetics: Past Accomplishments and Future Directions

-- a policy statement from the American Society for Human Genetics (1997)

DNA and behavior -- from the DNA files. A non-technical summary of the current state of human behavioral genetics

Bouchard, T. J., Jr. (1994). Genes, environment, and personality. Science 264, 1700-1.

Greenspan, R. J. (1995). Understanding the genetic construction of behavior. Sci Am 272 (4), 72-8.

Topics in behavioral genetics

Sex, Flies and Videotape -- a mutant gene alters the sexual behavior of fruit flies

Nemeroff, C. B. (1998). The neurobiology of depression. Sci Am 278, 42-9.

The next two should be of interested to music lovers. The first one (fairly non-technical) describes an attempt to determine the genetic component (if any) to perfect pitch. This paper highlights some of the complexities of studying behavioral genetics. The second paper (quite non-technical) is an editorial about the first.

Baharloo, S., Johnston, P. A., Service, S. K., Gitschier, J., and Freimer, N. B. (1998). Absolute pitch: an approach for identification of genetic and nongenetic components [see comments]. Am J Hum Genet 62, 224-31.

Gregersen, P. K. (1998). Instant recognition: the genetics of pitch perception [editorial; comment]. Am J Hum Genet 62, 221-3.  

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