Behavioral Genetics in the Postgenomic Era [Hardcover]

John C. DeFries (Editor), Ian W. Craig (Editor), Peter McGuffin (Editor)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1557989265 | ISBN-13: 978-1557989260 | Publication Date: August 15, 2002 | Edition: 1

The Human Genome Project-which has provided a working draft of the sequence of DNA in the human genome-is a remarkable scientific achievement. In this "postgenomic" world, it appears that all genes and all DNA variation will eventually be known. For behavioral researchers, this is especially exciting because behavioral dimensions and disorders are the most complex traits of all. To understand these traits, we need to understand the roles of many genes and many environmental influences. This book assesses the present and future of genetic research on behavior. The editors have assembled a group of distinguished contributors to assess both the progress and the promise of quantitative and molecular genetic analysis of behavior. Particularly significant are new techniques that have made it possible to identify genes for complex quantitative traits. Behavioral Genetics in the Postgenomic Era focuses on those aspects of behavior about which behavioral genetics reveals the most. These include cognitive abilities and disabilities, personality, psychopathology, and psychopharmacology. This book will appeal not just to psychologists and psychiatrists, but to anyone in the behavioral, biomedical, and biological sciences interested in the genetics of behavior.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 608 pages
• Publisher: American Psychological Association (APA); 1 edition (August 15, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1557989265
• ISBN-13: 978-1557989260
• Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 7.3 x 1.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,409,495 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Introductory book on behavioral genetics, May 1, 2003

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Wong Chi Kin (Hong Kong, nil China) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Behavioral Genetics in the Postgenomic Era (Hardcover)

The book is a rather good introductory book upon behavioral genetics, covering various emotional and behavioral disorders. It is stimulating and interesting, and very academic in nature. To a reader searching for practical implication of behavioral genetics, there may be little appointment. No matter what, I do agree that the behavioral genetics is a subject that every psychologist, or even every person, should have some ideas about this new development in science.