1: Introduction
2: Schizophrenia - All in the Family?
3: Molecular genetics - Linkage Analysis
4: Other Human Phenotypes - Genetic Influences on Alcoholism,
Depression, and Personality
5: Genetic association analysis and candidate genes
6: Genome wide association studies
7: Model systems: Mice
8: Model systems: Genetic Variation in Flies and Worms
9: Model Systems: Circadian Rhythms
10: Model Systems: Neural Mechanisms of Learning and Memory
11: E Pluribus Unum, Ex Uno Plura: Reconciling Single Gene and
Multigene Pictures of Behavior
12: Methods
Jonathan Flint is a Professor at the Wellcome Trust Centre for
Human Genetics, Oxford University. He has extensive experience in
molecular biology, molecular genetics, and rodent behavioural
genetics with a specific focus on models of anxiety.
Ralph Greenspan is based at the Neuroscience Institute in San
Diego. He has studied the genetic foundations of many behaviours in
Drosophila, and has analyzed naturally occurring genetic variations
in its behaviour. Kenneth Kendler is a Professor at the Virginia
Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics at the Virginia
Commonwealth University. He has conducted family and twin studies
on a range of psychiatric and drug use disorders, and has
conducted
gene finding studies for schizophrenia, alcoholism, and drug
dependence.
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authors have made great efforts to make the subject matter that can
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Michael Rutter, Psychological Medicine
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Debby Tsuang and Andrew David, The American Journal of Psychiatry
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