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From gene activity to behavior (and back again)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2012

Robert Lickliter
Robert Lickliter*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199. [email protected]
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Abstract

Documenting the bidirectional traffic from gene action to the external environment and its effects on behavior remains a major conceptual, empirical, and analytical challenge for developmental science. Charney has provided an instructive snapshot of where we are in meeting this challenge and, in so doing, exposes the considerable shortcomings of the traditional genomic model employed by behavior genetics.

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Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 35 , Issue 5 , October 2012 , pp. 369 - 370
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2012 

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