Genes and behaviour : beyond nature-nurture / edited by David J. Hosken, John Hunt, Nina Wedell.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hosken, David J., editor.

Hunt, John, 1974- editor.

Wedell, Nina, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Behavior genetics.

Genetics, Behavioral.

Medical Subjects:

Genetics, Behavioral.

Physical Description:

xvii, 254 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2019.

Summary:

Provides a broad snapshot of recent findings showing how the environment and genes influence behavior The great debate of nature versus nurture rages on -- but our understanding of the genetic basis of many behaviors has expanded over the last decade, and there is now very good evidence showing that seemingly complex behaviours can have relatively simple genetic underpinnings, but also that most behaviours have very complicated genetic and environmental architecture. Studies have also clearly shown that behaviors, and other traits, are influenced not just by genes and the environment, but also by the statistical interaction between the two. This book aims to end the nature versus nurture argument by showing that behaviors are nature and nurture and the interaction between the two, and by illustrating how single genes can explain some of the variation in behaviors even when they are seemingly complex.

Contents:

Nature, nurture, and nature-by-nurture : killing the dichotomy / David J. Hosken, John Hunt and Nina Wedell

Ultimate (re)thinking for behavioural biology / Sasha R.X. Dall, John M. McNamara & Alastair J. Wilson

How the dual inheritance of genes and culture shapes behaviour : a critical review with a focus on human culture and behavioural diversity / Thomas E. Currie

Beyond genes and environments : indirect genetic effects and the evolution of behaviour / John Hunt, James Rapkin, Clarissa M. House and Alastair J. Wilson

Genes and behaviour / Chelsea A. Weitekamp and Laurent Keller

Genes and environments in drosophila sex / David J. Hosken, Amanda Bretman, Stephen F. Goodwin & C. Ruth Archer

Nature and nurture in parental care / Nick J. Royle and Allen J. Moore

The effect of non-self genes on the behaviour of hosts / Nina Wedell

The nature and nurturing of animal minds / Alex Thornton and Neeltje J. Boogert

Evolution and human behaviour : helping to make sense of modern life / Louise Barrett and Gert Stulp

Next-gen and the study of behaviour / Simone Immler

Nature-nurture in the twenty-first century / Nina Wedell, John Hunt and David J. Hosken.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Genes and behaviour

ISBN:

9781119313427

1119313422

OCLC:

1099544680