How Genes Influence Behavior 2e - Softcover

Flint, Jonathan; Greenspan, Ralph J.; Kendler, Kenneth S.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0198716877 ISBN 13: 9780198716877

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2020

Synopsis

How Genes Influence Behavior 2e takes a personal and lively approach to the study of behavioral genetics, providing an up-to-date and accessible introduction to a variety of approaches and their application to a wide range of disorders, and modeling a critical approach to both methods and results.

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About the Author

Jonathan Flint, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA,Ralph J. Greenspan, Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind, University of California, San Diego, California, USA,Kenneth S. Kendler, Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Virginia, USA

Jonathan Flint is a Professor at the University of California Los Angeles where he works on the genetic basis of depression using both human and animal models.




Ralph Greenspan is a Professor at the University of California San Diego where he is Associate Director of Kavli Institute for Mind and Brain. He work includes analysis of the genetic control of nervous system development in the fruit fly and mouse, and genetic and neurobiological studies of innate and learned behaviors in the fruit fly.


Kenneth Kendler is a Professor at the Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics at the Virginia Commonwealth University. He has conducted family and twin studies on a range of psychiatric and substance use disorders as well as molecular genetic studies on schizophrenia, alcoholism, and depression.

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0198716877
• ISBN 13: 9780198716877
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 392