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. 2006;69(1-2):7-46.

BEHAVIORAL GENETICS: THE SCIENCE OF ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR

Laura A Baker  1 , Serena Bezdjian, Adrian Raine
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BEHAVIORAL GENETICS: THE SCIENCE OF ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR

Laura A Baker et al. Law Contemp Probl. 2006.
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Components of Genetic and Environmental Variance
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Path Model of Covariance Between Two Relatives (P1 and P2)
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Path Model for Two Siblings (P1 and P2) with Measured Genotype
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Relative Effects of Additive Genetic (a2), Nonadditive Genetic (d2), Shared Environment (e2 s) and Nonshared Environment (e2 ns) Factors inAntisocial Behavior
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Relative Effects of Additive Genetic (a2), Shared Environment (c2), and Nonshared Environment (e2) Influences in a Composite Measure of Antisocial Behavior in the USC Twin Study
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Multivariate Genetic Model for Antisocial Behavior and a Measured Risk Factor (RF)
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Property Crime Convictions in Danish Adopted Sons and Their Fathers
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Biosocial Model of Antisocial Behavior
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References

    1. See generally Plomin Robert, et al. Behavioral Genetics. 4th ed. 72-92. 2001. (reviewing basic structure of adoption and twin designs); Baker Laura A. Methods for Understanding Genetic and Environmental Influences in Normal and Abnormal Personality. In: Strack S, editor. Differentiating Normal and Abnormal Personality. 2006. (in press) (reviewing the major classical genetic designs as well as their assumptions, strengths, and weaknesses).

    1. Genes do not always act in a dominant or recessive fashion (such that one gene masks the effects of another gene). Instead, each gene at a given locus may contribute additively to the phenotype. Even when dominant genes are involved, however, additive effects can appear.

    1. Quantitative traits are those that exist on a continuum, such as height, weight, extraversion, or general intelligence; qualitative traits are usually all or nothing phenomena such as disease status, eye color, criminal convictions. The term “complex” is often used synonymously with “quantitative.“

    1. See generally Sham Pak. Recent Developments in Quantitative Trait Loci Analysis. In: Plomin Robert, et al., editors. Behavioral Genetics IN THE Postgenomic Era. Vol. 41 2003.

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