PNB Genetics News & Research
Foreseeable Risks? Informed Consent for Studies within the Standard of Care
By: Chana A. Sacks and Celestine E. Warren
New England Journal of Medicine
January 22, 2015
The Office for Human Research Protections has drafted guidelines on disclosing ... Read more »
Evolutionary behavioral genetics
By Brendan P Zietsch, Teresa R de Candia, & Matthew C Keller
Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences
April 2015
We describe the scientific enterprise at the intersection ... Read more »
Genetics of Complex Traits in Psychiatry
By Joel Gelernter
Biological Psychiatry
January 2015
Abstract
Virtually all psychiatric traits are genetically complex. This article discusses the genetics of complex traits in psychiatry. The complexity is ... Read more »
Genetic and environmental contributions to relationships and divorce attitudes
By Peter K. Hatemia, , , Rose McDermottb, Lindon Eavesc, d
Personality and Individual Differences
Volume 72
January 2015
Abstract
Attitudes toward divorce are believed to play a critical ... Read more »
Prenatal Stress and Adult Drug-Seeking Behavior: Interactions with Genes and Relation to Nondrug-Related Behavior
By Tod E. Kippin, Jaonnalee C. Campbell, Kyle Ploense, Chris P. Knight, Jared Bagley
Perinatal Programming of Neurodevelopmet
Advances in Neurology
Volume 10, 2015
Abstract
Addiction inflicts large personal, ... Read more »
23andMe and Genentech to Analyze Genomic Data for Parkinson’s Disease
23andMe
January 6, 2015
New program will support the identification of novel drug targets to treat Parkinson’s disease
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The Big Five Personality Traits: Psychological Entities or Statistical Constructs?
By Sanja Franić, Denny Borsboom, Conor V. Dolan, Dorret I. Boomsma
Behavior Genetics
November 2014
Abstract
The present study employed multivariate genetic item-level analyses to examine the ontology ... Read more »
Genetic Relationship Between the Addiction Diagnosis in Adults and Their Childhood Measure of Addiction Liability
Michael Vanyukov et al.
Behavior Genetics
January 2015
Abstract
Transmissible liability index (TLI), developed employing a high-risk design and item response theory, enables quantification of the latent ... Read more »
Intellectual disability: novel mutations in DEAF1 cause speech impairment and behavioral problems
By S. Waltl
Clinical Genetics
2014
Abstract
Mutations affecting the SAND domain of DEAF1 cause intellectual disability with severe speech impairment and behavioral problems
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Multifactorial beliefs about the role of genetics and behavior in common health conditions: prevalence and associations with participant characteristics and engagement in health behaviors
By Erika A. Waters, Jaclyn Muff, & Jada G. Hamilton
Genetics in Medicine
Volume 16, Issue 12
Abstract
Purpose:
Many common health conditions arise due to a combination ... Read more »
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