PNB Genetics News & Research
Regulatory changes raise troubling questions for genomic testing
Genetics in Medicine
Barbara J. Evans, Michael O. Dorschner, Wylie Burke, and Gail P. Jarvik
ABSTRACT
By 6 October 2014, many laboratories in the United States must ... Read more »
Eating in the absence of hunger but not loss of control behaviors are associated with 16p11.2 deletions
By Richard Gill, Qixuan Chen, Debra D'Angelo, and Wendy Chung
Obesity
Abstract
Objective
The ∼600-kb BP4-BP5 16p11.2 deletion has been consistently associated with obesity. We studied two heritable ... Read more »
Genetics and intelligence differences: five special findings.
By Robert Plomin & Ian J. Deary
Molecular Psychiatry
September 16, 2014
Abstract
Intelligence is a core construct in differential psychology and behavioural genetics, and should be so ... Read more »
Humanized Foxp2 accelerates learning by enhancing transitions from declarative to procedural performance
By Christiane Schreiweisa, Ulrich Bornscheinb, Eric Burguière et al.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
September 15, 2014
Abstract
The ... Read more »
Life Is Random
By Cailin O'Connor
Slate
September 12, 2014
Biologists now realize that “nature vs. nurture” misses the importance of noise.
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Common genetic variants associated with cognitive performance identified using the proxy-phenotype method
By Cornelius A. Rietveld, Tõnu Eskoc, Gail Davies et al.
Abstract
We identify common genetic variants associated with cognitive performance using a two-stage approach, which ... Read more »
The Stupidity of the “Smart Gene”
By Jessica Cussins
September 17, 2014
Biopolitical Times
Science writer David Dobbs has definitively described the voracious appetite of the “selfish gene” meme, pointing out that ... Read more »
Mice Become Smarter With Addition of Single Human Gene
By Carl Engelking
Discover Magazine
September 16, 2014
In an experiment that could explain the origin of the maniacal mouse in “Pinky and the Brain,” researchers spliced ... Read more »
Uncovering the Hidden Risk Architecture of the Schizophrenias: Confirmation in Three Independent Genome-Wide Association Studies
Javier Arnedo, Dragan M. Svrakic & Coral del Val et al.
The American Journal of Psychiatry
September 15, 2014
Abstract
Objective
The authors sought to ... Read more »
Interactive Effects of the COMT Gene and Training on Individual Differences in Supervisory Control of Unmanned Vehicles
By Raja Parasuraman et al.
Human Factors: The Journal of Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
June 2014
Abstract
Objective: We examined whether a gene known to influence ... Read more »
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