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Are Genetic and Environmental Risk Factors for Psychopathology Amplified in Children with Below-Average Intelligence? A Population-Based Twin Study Behav. Genet. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-02-14
Abstract There is a negative association between intelligence and psychopathology. We analyzed data on intelligence and psychopathology to assess this association in seven-year-old Dutch twin pairs (ranging from 616 to 14,150 depending on the phenotype) and estimated the degree to which genetic and environmental factors common to intelligence and psychopathology explain the association. Secondly, we
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A Genetically Informed Study of the Association Between Perceived Stress and Loneliness Behav. Genet. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-02-11 Ryan Moshtael, Morgan E. Lynch, Glen E. Duncan, Christopher R. Beam
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Statistical and Machine Learning Analysis in Brain-Imaging Genetics: A Review of Methods Behav. Genet. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-02-10 Connor L. Cheek, Peggy Lindner, Elena L. Grigorenko
Brain-imaging-genetic analysis is an emerging field of research that aims at aggregating data from neuroimaging modalities, which characterize brain structure or function, and genetic data, which capture the structure and function of the genome, to explain or predict normal (or abnormal) brain performance. Brain-imaging-genetic studies offer great potential for understanding complex brain-related diseases/disorders
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Genotype-Environment Interaction in ADHD: Genetic Predisposition Determines the Extent to Which Environmental Influences Explain Variability in the Symptom Dimensions Hyperactivity and Inattention Behav. Genet. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-01-25 Inga Schwabe, Miljan Jović, Kaili Rimfeld, Andrea G. Allegrini, Stéphanie M. van den Berg
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Advancing Diversity in Behavior Genetics: Strategies for Incorporating Undergraduates into Student-Driven Research Behav. Genet. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-01-22 S. Mason Garrison, Emma E. Webster, Rachel Good
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Key Grazing Behaviours of Beef Cattle Identify Specific Genotypes of the Glutamate Metabotropic Receptor 5 Gene (GRM5) Behav. Genet. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-01-16 Cristian Anibal Moreno García, Susana Beatríz Perelman, Robyn Dynes, Thomas M. R. Maxwell, Huitong Zhou, Jonathan Hickford
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The Colombo Twin and Singleton Study (COTASS): Piloting the Feasibility of Collecting Nutritional Data and Extension of the Sample to Include Children of Twins Behav. Genet. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2024-01-07 Lasith Dissanayake, Binoli Herath, Janani Opatha, Sameeha Jabir, Rajindra Siriwardana, Kavish Sirisena, Malmi Wickramasinghe, Manouri Wimalasekera, Ruvini Liyanage, G. N. Duminda Guruge, Kaushalya Jayaweera, Ranil Jayawardena, Helena M. S. Zavos, Athula Sumathipala, Frühling Rijsdijk
Nutrition and diet are key modifiable risk factors for the rising burden of non-communicable diseases like cardio-vascular diseases and diabetes in low- and middle- income countries (LMICs). The nutritional transition in dietary behaviours in LMICs has most likely contributed to this problem. Although traditionally assumed to be environmental, dietary choices are also genetically influenced. Twin study
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Frequency of Consumption of Food Groups and Cardio-Metabolic Risk Factors: A Genetically Informative Twin Study in Sri Lanka Behav. Genet. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-12-22 Helena M. S. Zavos, Laura Riddleston, Kaushalya Jayaweera, Lasith Dissanayake, Sameeha Jabir, Gayani Pannala, Matthew Hotopf, Sisira Siribaddana, Athula Sumathipala, Frühling V. Rijsdijk
Low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) globally have undergone rapid urbanisation, and changes in demography and health behaviours. In Sri Lanka, cardio-vascular disease and diabetes are now leading causes of mortality. High prevalence of their risk factors, including hypertension, dysglycaemia and obesity have also been observed. Diet is a key modifiable risk factor for both cardio-vascular disease
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A Developmentally-Informative Genome-wide Association Study of Alcohol Use Frequency Behav. Genet. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-12-18
Abstract Contemporary genome-wide association study (GWAS) methods typically do not account for variability in genetic effects throughout development. We applied genomic structural equation modeling to combine developmentally-informative phenotype data and GWAS to create polygenic scores (PGS) for alcohol use frequency that are specific to developmental stage. Longitudinal cohort studies targeted for
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Individual Trajectories of Depressive Symptoms Within Racially-Ethnically Diverse Youth: Associations with Polygenic Risk for Depression and Substance Use Intent and Perceived Harm Behav. Genet. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-12-14 Kit K. Elam, Jinni Su, Jodi Kutzner, Angel Trevino
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Transposons in the Williams–Beuren Syndrome Critical Region are Associated with Social Behavior in Assistance Dogs Behav. Genet. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-12-13 Gitanjali E. Gnanadesikan, Dhriti Tandon, Emily E. Bray, Brenda S. Kennedy, Stavi R. Tennenbaum, Evan L. MacLean, Bridgett M. vonHoldt
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South Asia: The Missing Diverse in Diversity Behav. Genet. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-11-02 Deepika R. Dokuru, Tanya B. Horwitz, Samantha M. Freis, Michael C. Stallings, Marissa A. Ehringer
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Awards Presented at the 53rd Annual Meeting of the Behavior Genetics Association, June 24 2023, Murcia, Spain. Behav. Genet. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-11-01
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Interactions Between Genetic, Prenatal Substance Use, Puberty, and Parenting are Less Important for Understanding Adolescents’ Internalizing, Externalizing, and Substance Use than Developmental Cascades in Multifactorial Models Behav. Genet. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-10-15 Kristine Marceau, Amy M. Loviska, Gregor Horvath, Valerie S. Knopik
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Considerations, Caveats, and Suggestions for the Use of Polygenic Scores for Social and Behavioral Traits Behav. Genet. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-10-06 Amy L. Non, Jessica P. Cerdeña
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Alcohol Use Disorder Polygenic Risk Scores and Trajectories of Early Adolescent Externalizing Behaviors: Examining the Role of Parenting and Family Conflict in the Racially/Ethnically Diverse ABCD Sample Behav. Genet. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-10-04 Angel D. Trevino, Belal Jamil, Jinni Su, Fazil Aliev, Kit K. Elam, Kathryn Lemery-Chalfant
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The Challenges and Opportunities for Mental Health Twin Research in Nigeria Behav. Genet. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-09-21 Olakunle Ayokunmi Oginni, Ayoyinka Ayorinde, Kehinde Dorcas Ayodele, Onyedikachi Joseph Opara, Boladale Mapayi, Kolawole Mosaku
The recent interest in increasing diversity in genetic research can be useful in uncovering novel insights into the genetic architecture of mental health disorders – globally and in previously unexplored settings such as low- and middle-income settings like Nigeria. Genetic research into mental health is potentially promising in Nigeria and we reflect on the challenges and opportunities for twin research
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Guidelines for Evaluating the Comparability of Down-Sampled GWAS Summary Statistics Behav. Genet. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-09-15 Camille M. Williams, Holly Poore, Peter T. Tanksley, Hyeokmoon Kweon, Natasia S. Courchesne-Krak, Diego Londono-Correa, Travis T. Mallard, Peter Barr, Philipp D. Koellinger, Irwin D. Waldman, Sandra Sanchez-Roige, K. Paige Harden, Abraham A. Palmer, Danielle M. Dick, Richard Karlsson Linnér
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The Heritability of Psychopathology Symptoms in Early Adolescence: Moderation by Family Cultural Values in the ABCD Study Behav. Genet. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-09-13 Gianna Rea-Sandin, Juan Del Toro, Sylia Wilson
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Parental Nurturance Moderates the Etiology of Youth Resilience Behav. Genet. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-08-29 Alexandra Y. Vazquez, Elizabeth A. Shewark, Luke W. Hyde, Kelly L. Klump, S. Alexandra Burt
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Nonlinear Catch-Up Growth in Height, Weight, and Head Circumference from Birth to Adolescence: A Longitudinal Twin Study Behav. Genet. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-08-27 Sean R. Womack, Christopher R. Beam, Evan J. Giangrande, Rebecca J. Scharf, Xin Tong, Medha Ponnapalli, Deborah W. Davis, Eric Turkheimer
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Reinvigoration of a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee at the Institute for Behavioral Genetics: Student-driven Progress Behav. Genet. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-08-21 Katie N. Paulich, Tanya B. Horwitz, Samantha M. Freis, Pamela N. Romero Villela, Sidney Aki, Michael C. Stallings, Marissa A. Ehringer
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The Twin Children of the Holocaust: Stolen Childhood and the Will to Survive. Photographs from the Twins' 40th Anniversary Reunion at Auschwitz-Birkenau : Nancy L. Segal, Boston, Cherry Orchard Books, 2023, LCCN 2022049349 (ebook), ISBN 979-8887190860 (paperback), 110 pages. Behav. Genet. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-06-13 Edward Bell
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Partners in Health: Investigating Social Genetic Effects Among Married and Cohabiting Couples Behav. Genet. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-06-07 Kasper Otten, Jornt J Mandemakers
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A Longitudinal Analysis of Gene x Environment Interaction on Verbal Intelligence Across Adolescence and Early Adulthood Behav. Genet. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-05-12 LiChen Dong, Evan J. Giangrande, Sean R. Womack, Kristy Yoo, Christopher R. Beam, Kristen C. Jacobson, Eric Turkheimer
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Exploring Relationships Between Internalizing Problems and Risky Sexual Behavior: A Twin Study Behav. Genet. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-05-11 Katie N. Paulich, Samantha M. Freis, Deepika R. Dokuru, Jordan D. Alexander, Scott I. Vrieze, Robin P. Corley, Matt McGue, John K. Hewitt, Michael C. Stallings
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Genetic and Environmental Contributions to Subcortical Gray Matter Microstructure and Volume in the Developing Brain Behav. Genet. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-04-26 Richard Watts, Lydia Rader, Justin Grant, Christopher G. Filippi
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ABCD Behavior Genetics: Twin, Family, and Genomic Studies Using the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study Dataset. Behav. Genet. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-04-25 Sylia Wilson,Chun Chieh Fan,John Hewitt
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Genotype Data and Derived Genetic Instruments of Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study® for Better Understanding of Human Brain Development Behav. Genet. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-04-24 Chun Chieh Fan, Robert Loughnan, Sylia Wilson, John K. Hewitt
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A Phenome-Wide Association Study (PheWAS) of Late Onset Alzheimer Disease Genetic Risk in Children of European Ancestry at Middle Childhood: Results from the ABCD Study Behav. Genet. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-04-18 Aaron J. Gorelik, Sarah E. Paul, Nicole R. Karcher, Emma C. Johnson, Isha Nagella, Lauren Blaydon, Hailey Modi, Isabella S. Hansen, Sarah M. C. Colbert, David A. A. Baranger, Sara A. Norton, Isaiah Spears, Brian Gordon, Wei Zhang, Patrick L. Hill, Thomas F. Oltmanns, Janine D. Bijsterbosch, Arpana Agrawal, Alexander S. Hatoum, Ryan Bogdan
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Associations Between Adolescent Pain and Psychopathology in the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study Behav. Genet. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-04-10 Lydia Rader, Samantha M. Freis, Naomi P. Friedman
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Heritability Estimation of Cognitive Phenotypes in the ABCD Study® Using Mixed Models Behav. Genet. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-04-07 Diana M. Smith, Robert Loughnan, Naomi P. Friedman, Pravesh Parekh, Oleksandr Frei, Wesley K. Thompson, Ole A. Andreassen, Michael Neale, Terry L. Jernigan, Anders M. Dale
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Comparing Pruning and Thresholding with Continuous Shrinkage Polygenic Score Methods in a Large Sample of Ancestrally Diverse Adolescents from the ABCD Study® Behav. Genet. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-04-05 Jonathan Ahern, Wesley Thompson, Chun Chieh Fan, Robert Loughnan
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Bias in Gene-by-Environment Interaction Effects with Sum Scores; An Application to Well-being Phenotypes Behav. Genet. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-03-01 Dirk H.M. Pelt, Inga Schwabe, Meike Bartels
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Gene-by-Environment Interaction Effects of Social Adversity on Externalizing Behavior in ABCD Youth Behav. Genet. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-02-16 Genevieve F. Dash, Sarah L. Karalunas, Emily A. Kenyon, Emily K. Carter, Michael A. Mooney, Joel T. Nigg, Sarah W. Feldstein Ewing
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Heritability of Childhood Music Engagement and Associations with Language and Executive Function: Insights from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study Behav. Genet. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-02-09 Daniel E. Gustavson, Srishti Nayak, Peyton L. Coleman, John R. Iversen, Miriam D. Lense, Reyna L. Gordon, Hermine H. Maes
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Polygenic Risk for Schizophrenia, Major Depression, and Post-traumatic Stress Disorder and Hippocampal Subregion Volumes in Middle Childhood Behav. Genet. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-01-31 Jacob G. Pine, Sarah E. Paul, Emma Johnson, Ryan Bogdan, Sridhar Kandala, Deanna M. Barch
Studies demonstrate that individuals with diagnoses for Major Depressive Disorder (MDD), Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), and Schizophrenia (SCZ) may exhibit smaller hippocampal gray matter relative to otherwise healthy controls, although the effect sizes vary in each disorder. Existing work suggests that hippocampal abnormalities in each disorder may be attributable to genetic liability and/or
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Characterizing Alcohol Expectancies in the ABCD Study: Associations with Sociodemographic Factors, the Immediate Social Environment, and Genetic Propensities Behav. Genet. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-01-20 Emma C. Johnson, Sarah E. Paul, David A. A. Baranger, Alexander S. Hatoum, Sarah M. C. Colbert, Shuyu Lin, Rachel Wolff, Aaron J. Gorelik, Isabella Hansen, Nicole R. Karcher, Ryan Bogdan, Arpana Agrawal
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Celebrating a Century of Research in Behavioral Genetics Behav. Genet. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-01-20 Robert Plomin
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A Varying Coefficient Model to Jointly Test Genetic and Gene–Environment Interaction Effects Behav. Genet. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2023-01-09 Zhengyang Zhou, Hung-Chih Ku, Sydney E. Manning, Ming Zhang, Chao Xing
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Bidirectional Causal Associations Between Same-Sex Attraction and Psychological Distress: Testing Moderation and Mediation Effects Behav. Genet. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2022-12-15 Olakunle A. Oginni, Kai X. Lim, Qazi Rahman, Patrick Jern, Thalia C. Eley, Frühling V. Rijsdijk
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Associations Between Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Symptom Dimensions and Disordered Eating Symptoms in Adolescence: A Population-Based Twin Study Behav. Genet. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2022-12-09 Zeynep Yilmaz, Mary J. Quattlebaum, Pratiksha S. Pawar, Laura M. Thornton, Cynthia M. Bulik, Kristin N. Javaras, Shuyang Yao, Paul Lichtenstein, Henrik Larsson, Jessica H. Baker
Although bivariate associations between attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and eating disorders in adolescent girls and boys have been previously identified, the mechanistic link underlying the symptom-level associations remains unclear. We evaluated shared genetic and environmental influences on ADHD symptoms and disordered eating in 819 female and 756 male twins from the Swedish TCHAD
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Using the Flanker Task to Examine Genetic and Environmental Contributions in Inhibitory Control Across the Preschool Period Behav. Genet. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2022-11-30 I-Tzu Hung, Jody M. Ganiban, Kimberly J. Saudino
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Genetic Analysis of the Stereotypic Phenotype in Peromyscus maniculatus (deer mice) Behav. Genet. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2022-11-24 Shannon W. Davis, Hippokratis Kiaris, Vimala Kaza, Michael R. Felder
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A General Cognitive Ability Factor for the UK Biobank Behav. Genet. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2022-11-15 Camille Michèle Williams, Ghislaine Labouret, Tobias Wolfram, Hugo Peyre, Franck Ramus
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Genetic and Environmental Variation in Continuous Phenotypes in the ABCD Study® Behav. Genet. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2022-11-10 Hermine H. M. Maes, Dana M. Lapato, J. Eric Schmitt, Monica Luciana, Marie T. Banich, James M. Bjork, John K. Hewitt, Pamela A. Madden, Andrew C. Heath, Deanna M. Barch, Wes K. Thompson, William G. Iacono, Michael C. Neale
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Integrative Multi-omics Analysis of Childhood Aggressive Behavior Behav. Genet. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2022-11-07 Fiona A. Hagenbeek, Jenny van Dongen, René Pool, Peter J. Roetman, Amy C. Harms, Jouke Jan Hottenga, Cornelis Kluft, Olivier F. Colins, Catharina E. M. van Beijsterveldt, Vassilios Fanos, Erik A. Ehli, Thomas Hankemeier, Robert R. J. M. Vermeiren, Meike Bartels, Sébastien Déjean, Dorret I. Boomsma
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Differences in Parenting Behavior are Systematic Sources of the Non-shared Environment for Internalizing and Externalizing Problem Behavior Behav. Genet. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2022-11-03 Amelie Nikstat, Rainer Riemann
Although there is evidence for non-shared environmental links between parenting and problem behavior, so far, age-, informant-, and parent-specific patterns for both internalizing and externalizing problem behaviors have not been examined within one study yet. Using the twin differences design, the present study aimed to test how maternal and paternal parenting systematically act as a source of non-shared
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MR-DoC2: Bidirectional Causal Modeling with Instrumental Variables and Data from Relatives Behav. Genet. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2022-11-02 Luis F. S. Castro-de-Araujo, Madhurbain Singh, Yi Zhou, Philip Vinh, Brad Verhulst, Conor V. Dolan, Michael C. Neale
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Using Genomic Structural Equation Modeling to Partition the Genetic Covariance Between Birthweight and Cardiometabolic Risk Factors into Maternal and Offspring Components in the Norwegian HUNT Study Behav. Genet. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2022-11-02 Gunn-Helen Moen, Michel Nivard, Laxmi Bhatta, Nicole M Warrington, Cristen Willer, Bjørn Olav Åsvold, Ben Brumpton, David M. Evans
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Awards Presented at the 52nd Annual Meeting of the Behavior Genetics Association June 25 2022. Behav. Genet. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2022-10-26
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Exploring the Relationships Between Autozygosity, Educational Attainment, and Cognitive Ability in a Contemporary, Trans-Ancestral American Sample Behav. Genet. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2022-09-28 Sarah MC Colbert, Matthew C Keller, Arpana Agrawal, Emma C Johnson
Previous studies have found significant associations between estimated autozygosity - the proportion of an individual’s genome contained in homozygous segments due to distant inbreeding - and multiple traits, including educational attainment (EA) and cognitive ability. In one study, estimated autozygosity showed a stronger association with parental EA than the subject’s own EA. This was likely driven
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Investigating the causal risk factors for self-harm by integrating Mendelian randomisation within twin modelling Behav. Genet. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2022-09-14 Kai Xiang Lim, Olakunle Ayokunmi Oginni, Kaili Rimfeld, Jean-Baptiste Pingault, Frühling Rijsdijk
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Phenotypic, Genetic and Environmental Architecture of the Components of Sleep Quality Behav. Genet. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2022-08-25 Juan J. Madrid-Valero, Juan F. Sánchez-Romera, Jose M. Martínez-Selva, Juan R. Ordoñana
The genetic and environmental underpinnings of sleep quality have been widely investigated. However, less is known about the etiology of the different sleep quality components and their associations. Subjective sleep quality has been studied most commonly using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI). Therefore, this work aimed to study the structure of sleep quality dimensions in a population-based
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DNA Methylation Analysis of Imprinted Genes in the Cortex and Hippocampus of Cross-Fostered Mice Selectively Bred for Increased Voluntary Wheel-Running Behav. Genet. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2022-08-21 Sarah E. Latchney, Marcell D. Cadney, Austin Hopkins, Theodore Garland
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Polygene control and trait dominance in death-feigning syndrome in the red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum Behav. Genet. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2022-08-02 Kentarou Matsumura, Takahisa Miyatake
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The CADM2 Gene and Behavior: A Phenome-Wide Scan in UK-Biobank Behav. Genet. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2022-07-22 Joëlle A. Pasman, Zeli Chen, Dirk J. A. Smit, Jacqueline M. Vink, Michel C. Van Den Oever, Tommy Pattij, Taco J. De Vries, Abdel Abdellaoui, Karin J. H. Verweij
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Human Capital Mediates Natural Selection in Contemporary Humans Behav. Genet. (IF 2.6) Pub Date : 2022-07-06 David Hugh-Jones, Abdel Abdellaoui