Shared and unique heritability of hippocampal subregion volumes in children and adults by Jacob G. Pine, Arpana Agrawal, Ryan Bogdan, Sridhar Kandala, Shelly Cooper, Deanna M. Barch

“…Behavioral genetic analyses have not demonstrated robust, unique, genetic correlates of hippocampal subregion volume. …”
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Recurrent pregnancy loss - a life changing condition for women by Oana Denisa Bălălău, Fernanda-Ecaterina Augustin, Delia-Maria Bogheanu, Alin-Gabriel Negulescu, Romina Marina Sima, Anca Silvia Dumitriu, Stana Paunica, Liana Pleș

“…Several factors have been related to recurrent pregnancy loss, such as: environmental, behavioral, genetic, endocrine, metabolic, autoimmune, anatomic, thrombophilia and male factor. …”
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Limited domestic introgression in a final refuge of the wild pigeon by Smith, W, Sendell-Price, AT, Fayet, AL, Jezierski, MT, Sheldon, BC, Kelly, S, Turnbull, LA, Clegg, SM, Et al

“…Its role as a model organism spans the fields of behavior, genetics, and evolution. Domestic pigeons have hybridized with their progenitor, the Rock Dove, rendering the latter of dubious genetic status. …”

The Genetic and Environmental Foundation of the Simple View of Reading in Chinese. by Connie Suk-Han Ho, Bonnie Wing-Yin Chow, Simpson Wai-Lap Wong, Mary M Y Waye, Dorothy V M Bishop

“…A total of 270 pairs of Chinese twins (190 pairs of monozygotic twins and 80 pairs of same-sex dizygotic twins) were tested on Chinese vocabulary and word reading at the mean age 7.8 years and reading comprehension of sentences and passages one year later. Results of behavior-genetic analyses showed that both vocabulary and word reading had significant independent genetic influences on reading comprehension, and the two factors together accounted for most but not all of the genetic influences on reading comprehension. …”
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The Genetic and Environmental Foundation of the Simple View of Reading in Chinese. by Ho, C, Chow, B, Wong, S, Waye, M, Bishop, D

“…A total of 270 pairs of Chinese twins (190 pairs of monozygotic twins and 80 pairs of same-sex dizygotic twins) were tested on Chinese vocabulary and word reading at the mean age 7.8 years and reading comprehension of sentences and passages one year later. Results of behavior-genetic analyses showed that both vocabulary and word reading had significant independent genetic influences on reading comprehension, and the two factors together accounted for most but not all of the genetic influences on reading comprehension. …”

Testing for SES differences in the responsiveness of educational expectations in a twin design. by Mirko Ruks

“…Therefore, in this paper I estimate behavioral genetic twin models that take into account the possible confounding of the responsiveness of expectations to performance by unobserved genetic and social influences. …”
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Testing for SES differences in the responsiveness of educational expectations in a twin design by Mirko Ruks

“…Therefore, in this paper I estimate behavioral genetic twin models that take into account the possible confounding of the responsiveness of expectations to performance by unobserved genetic and social influences. …”
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A Review of the Types of Training Aids Used for Canine Detection Training by Alison Simon, Lucia Lazarowski, Melissa Singletary, Jason Barrow, Kelly Van Arsdale, Thomas Angle, Paul Waggoner, Kathleen Giles

“…The canine detection community is a diverse one, ranging from scientific fields such as behavior, genetics, veterinary medicine, chemistry, and biology to applications in law enforcement, military, medicine, and agricultural/environmental detection. …”
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The Relationship Between Bipolar Spectrum Disorder and Creativity by Ye Ruining

“…Later, through examining the experimental processes of the behavioral, genetic psycho-neuron, and psychoanalytic perspectives, this paper provides a comprehensive view to the readers regarding the experimental process and each approach’s strengths and potential flaws. …”
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Association of neurofilament light chain with renal function: mechanisms and clinical implications by Rongxiang Tang, Matthew S. Panizzon, Jeremy A. Elman, Nathan A. Gillespie, Richard L. Hauger, Robert A. Rissman, Michael J. Lyons, Michael C. Neale, Chandra A. Reynolds, Carol E. Franz, William S. Kremen, For the Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative

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Unique Considerations in Early Detection, Risk, and Awareness of Endometrial Cancer in Black Women by Matthew Schlumbrecht MD, MPH, Kallia Wright PhD, Sophia George PhD

“…There is, however, an increasing understanding that disaggregation by place of birth and social context are important to understand care-seeking behaviors, genetic drivers of disease, and factors that lead to deleterious outcomes. …”
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Protocols for treating C. elegans with pharmacological agents, osmoles, and salts for imaging and behavioral assays by Lei Wang, Bianca Graziano, Laura Bianchi

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Learning the specific quality of taste reinforcement in larval Drosophila by Michael Schleyer, Daisuke Miura, Teiichi Tanimura, Bertram Gerber

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Simpson’s Paradox in Psychological Science: A Practical Guide by Rogier eKievit, Rogier eKievit, Willem Eduard Frankenhuis, Lourens eWaldorp, Denny eBorsboom

“…We support this claim by drawing on empirical results from cognitive neuroscience, behavior genetics, psychopathology, personality psychology, educational psychology, intelligence research, and simulation studies. …”
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Dynamics, gene transfer, and ecological function of intracellular and extracellular DNA in environmental microbiome by Mao Ye, Zhongyun Zhang, Mingming Sun, Yu Shi

“…This study focuses on the environmental dynamics and the ecological functions of the eDNA and iDNA from the perspectives of environmental behavior, genetic information transmission, resistance to the environmental contaminants, and so on. …”
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Seasonal effect—an overlooked factor in neuroimaging research by Rui Zhang, Ehsan Shokri-Kojori, Nora D. Volkow

“…Therefore, the observed seasonality effects in the sensorimotor network could contribute to seasonal variations in mood and behavior. Genetic analyses revealed seasonal modulation of biological processes and pathways relevant to immune function, RNA metabolism, centrosome separation, and mitochondrial translation that have a significant impact on human physiology and pathology. …”
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The Role of the Noradrenergic System in Eating Disorders: A Systematic Review by Jacopo Pruccoli, Antonia Parmeggiani, Duccio Maria Cordelli, Marcello Lanari

“…Preclinical studies demonstrated an involvement of the noradrenergic pathways in binge-like behaviors. Genetic studies on polymorphisms in genes coding for NE transporters and regulating enzymes have shown conflicting evidence. …”
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External globus pallidus input to the dorsal striatum regulates habitual seeking behavior in male mice by Matthew Baker, Seungwoo Kang, Sa-Ik Hong, Minryung Song, Minsu Abel Yang, Lee Peyton, Hesham Essa, Sang Wan Lee, Doo-Sup Choi

“…Support vector machine analysis demonstrated that arky neuron activities have sufficient information to distinguish between RR and RI behavior. Genetic ablation of this arkyGPe→DLS circuit facilitated a shift from goal-directed to habitual behavior. …”
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Dog10K_Boxer_Tasha_1.0: A Long-Read Assembly of the Dog Reference Genome by Vidhya Jagannathan, Christophe Hitte, Jeffrey M. Kidd, Patrick Masterson, Terence D. Murphy, Sarah Emery, Brian Davis, Reuben M. Buckley, Yan-Hu Liu, Xiang-Quan Zhang, Tosso Leeb, Ya-Ping Zhang, Elaine A. Ostrander, Guo-Dong Wang

“…The domestic dog has evolved to be an important biomedical model for studies regarding the genetic basis of disease, morphology and behavior. Genetic studies in the dog have relied on a draft reference genome of a purebred female boxer dog named “Tasha” initially published in 2005. …”
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Shift and homogenization of gut microbiome during invasion in marine fishes by Arthur Escalas, Jean-Christophe Auguet, Amandine Avouac, Jonathan Belmaker, Thanos Dailianis, Moshe Kiflawi, Renanel Pickholtz, Grigorios Skouradakis, Sébastien Villéger

“…Further studies should pursue to identify the precise determinants of these modifications (e.g. changes in host diet or behavior, genetic differentiation) and whether they participate in the ecological success of these species.…”
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