How Genes Influence Behavior 2e

Second Edition

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

• Takes a personal and lively approach to the study of behavioral genetics, creating an accessible and engaging introduction for students.
• Strikes the right balance between covering essential biology and maintaining an appropriate focus on the main issues of relevance to psychology students.
• Emphasis on looking critically at methods and results helps students develop and apply their own critical thinking skills.
• Tackles common misconceptions and misunderstandings in the field.

New to this Edition:

• Additional biology content helps students to understand the biological foundations of the field.
• A new final chapter guides students through a range of quantitative approaches using worked examples that relate directly to cases and examples used earlier in the text, and addresses current issues arising from debates around reproducibility.
• Updates coverage of genomic technologies and their applications in genetics and epigenetics.
• Covers a wider range of disorders, including autism spectrum disorder, eating disorders, and intellectual disability.
• A new chapter covers advances in behavioral genetics that have used non-standard model organisms, both invertebrates and vertebrates.
• Provides an up-to-date review of the discoveries stemming from genome-wide association studies of human psychiatric disease and behavior.

How Genes Influence Behavior 2e

Second Edition

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

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How Genes Influence Behavior 2e

Second Edition

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

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How Genes Influence Behavior 2e

Second Edition

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

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How Genes Influence Behavior 2e

Second Edition

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

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