Socio-Genetics

Erscheinungsjahr 2009
ISBN: 978-0-12-374896-6
Verlag: William Andrew Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 110 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 380 g

Socio-Genetics seeks to understand both the genetic and environmental contributions to individual variations in behavior. Behaviors, like all complex traits, involve multiple genes, a reality that complicates the search for genetic contributions. As with much other research in genetics, studies of genes and behavior require analysis of families and populations for comparison of those who have the trait in question with those who do not. The result commonly is a statement of "heritability," a statistical construct that estimates the amount of variation in a population that is attributable to genetic factors. The explanatory power of heritability figures is limited, however, applying only to the population studied and only to the environment in place at the time the study was conducted. If the population or the environment changes, the heritability most likely will change as well. Focused on the genetics of complex traits in a variety of organisms-honeybees, mice, and nematodes-this volume discusses environmental influence on genetic programs and evolutionary genetics. Such research is proving important in furthering our understanding of the genetic basis of such diseases as obesity, schizophrenia, multiple sclerosis, and autism, to name a few.

Zielgruppe

<p>Researchers in the life and biomedical sciences, who are interested in genetic/genomic mechanisms: human geneticists, molecular biologists, cell and developmental biologists, neurobiologists, neuropsychologists.</p>

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Sokolowski, Marla

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Botanik Pflanzenreproduktion, Verbreitung, Genetik
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Tierkunde / Zoologie Tiergenetik, Reproduktion
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Genetik und Genomik (nichtmedizinisch)
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften DNA und Transgene Organismen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

C.elegans: Social Interactions in a "nonsocial" animal - Ardiel & Rankin
Molecular social interactions: Drosophilia melanogaster seminal fluid proteins as a case study - Sirot, LaFlamme, Sitnik, Rubinstein, Avila, Chow & Wolfner
Sleeping together: using social interactions to understand the role of sleep in plasticity - Donlea & Shaw
Approaching the Genomics of Risk taking behavior - Bell