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Is behavioral genetics ‘too-big-to-know’ science?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2012

Marco Battaglia
Marco Battaglia*
Affiliation:
Academic Centre for the Study of Behavioural Plasticity, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, 20127 Milan, Italy; Institut Universitaire en Santé Mentale de Québec, Universitè Laval, Québec, QC G1J 2G3, Canada. marco.battaglia@unisr.it
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Abstract

Several new molecular findings and concepts furnish evidence in support of gene–environment interdependence, challenging some of the current tenets and basic statistics of behavioral genetics. I, however, argue that (1) some of the expectations evoked by “neogenomics” are contradicted by findings; and (2) while epigenetic and gene expression effects are complex, they can to some extent be incorporated into “classical” behavioral genetics modeling.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 35 , Issue 5 , October 2012 , pp. 360
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2012 

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