1st Edition

Perspectives in Behavior Genetics

Edited By John L. Fuller, Edward C. Simmel Copyright 1986
    292 Pages
    by Routledge

    292 Pages
    by Routledge

    Originally published in 1986, we were living in a world in which the number of publications in behaviour genetics had reached a point where it was difficult, even for those teaching the subject, to keep up with the literature. The editors of this title believe that there is a need for people who have planned and executed long-term research programs to summarize and comment on their results. This volume was intended to help meet that need. The authors were given free choice of subject and format. The result is a variety of topics that had been researched mainly over the previous decade. Chapter 1 is an exception and looked back at the work of others in behaviour genetics over a quarter-century and tried to detect trends in the types of research done in the field.

    List of Contributors.  Preface.  1. Trends in Behavior Genetics: 1960-1985 John L. Fuller and Edward C. Simmel  2. Colorado Family Reading Study: An Overview John C. DeFries, George P. Vogler and Michele C. Labuda  3. Audiogenic Seizures in Relation to Genetically and Experimentally Produced Cochlear Pathology Kenneth R. Henry  4. Toward the Genetics of an Engram: The Role of Heredity in Visual Preference and Perceptual Imprinting Joseph K. Kovach  5. An Examination of Claims for Classical Conditioning as a Phenotype in the Genetic Analysis of Diptera Jeffry P. Ricker, Jerry Hirsch, Mark J. Holliday and Mark A. Vargo  6. Genetic Factors and Human Reactions to Alcohol James R. Stabenau.  Author Index.  Subject Index.

    Biography

    John L. Fuller, Edward C. Simmel