Rethinking Behavior Genetics

By D. Hamer. Science, 2002

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Studies of the genetics of behavior have centered on identifying a single gene connected with a particular trait. However, as Dean Hamer explains in his Perspective, the complexity of human behavior necessitates more sophisticated approaches to unraveling the gene networks associated with particular behavioral traits.

Subfields: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Genetics

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Embryology, Epigenesis and Evolution: Taking Development Seriously (2004, background): “For instance, with rare but notable exceptions – such as Hamer and Copeland (1998), but see Hamer (2002) – very few scientists or commentators would today suggest that either nature (genes) or nurture (environments) is singularly decisive in organismal development.”
Strategy for investigating interactions between measured genes and measured environments. (2005, background): “The expectation that simple direct paths will be found from gene to disease has not proven markedly fruitful for complex psychiatric disorders; few linkage studies detect genes, many candidate gene–association studies fail consistent replication, and genes that replicate account for little variation”
Discussion: Three Ways to Misunderstand Developmental Systems Theory (2005, background): “A major cause of the differences between DST and EDB is clearly that the discipline of EDB came together in its current form because advances in molecular biology have made possible massive advances in understanding the evolution of morphological structures whereas DST was partly inspired by work on”