Linares, Marie (2012) Branches of genetics. Research World, Delhi, India. ISBN 9788132332527
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Abstract
Behavioral genetics is the field of study that examines the role of genetics in animal (including human) behavior. Often associated with the "nature versus nurture" debate, behavioral genetics is highly interdisciplinary, involving contributions from biology, genetics, ethology, psychology, and statistics. Behavioral geneticists study the inheritance of behavioral traits. In humans this often use the twin study or adoption study. In animal studies, breeding, transgenesis, and gene knockout techniques are common; psychiatric genetics is a closely related field. History Sir Francis Galton, a nineteenth-century intellectual, is recognized as one of the first behavioral geneticists. Galton, a cousin of Charles Darwin, studied the heritability of human ability, focusing on mental characteristics as well as eminence among close relatives in the English upper-class. In 1869, Galton published his results in Hereditary Genius. In his work, Galton "introduced multivariate analysis and paved the way towards modern Bayesian statistics" that are used throughout the sciences - launching what has genetics.been dubbed the "Statistical Enlightenment". Behavior Genetics per-se, gained recognition as a research discipline with the publication in 1960 of the textbook by J.L. Fuller and W.R. Thompson.
| Item Type: | Book |
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| Subjects: | Q Science > QH Natural history > QH426 Genetics |
| Divisions: | Electronic Books |
| Depositing User: | Esam @ Hisham Muhammad |
| Date Deposited: | 02 Jan 2023 02:09 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Jan 2023 02:09 |
| URI: | http://odlsystem2.utm.my/id/eprint/3888 |
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