Introduction to Human Behavioral Genetics

1 Assignment

• Unit 2 Quiz

8 Videos

• 2A: Twins: A Natural Experiment
• 2B: How to Assess Twin Similarity
• 2C: Findings from Twin Studies
• 2D: Are Twin Studies Valid?
• 2E: Adoption Studies: Not by Twins Alone
• 2F: Minnesota Study of Twins Reared Apart (MISTRA)
• 2G: Conversation with Tom Bouchard - Supplementary
• Unit 2 Office Hours Video

2 Readings

• Required reading: Minnesota Study of Twins Reared Apart
• Additional resources for Topic #2

1 Assignment

• Unit 3 Quiz

7 Videos

• 3A: Mendelian Inheritance (and Terminology)
• 3B: Galtonian Inheritance (aka Quantitative Genetics)
• 3C: How is Heritability Estimated?
• 3D: What Heritability Is and What It Is Not
• 3E: Gene-Environment Interaction
• 3F: Multivariate Approaches - Supplementary
• Unit 3 Office Hours Video

2 Readings

• Required reading: The Human Genome
• Additional resources Topic #3

1 Assignment

• Unit 4 Quiz

10 Videos

• 4A: DNA
• 4B: What Is a Gene?
• 4C: Three Surprising Findings From the Human Genome Project
• 4D: Genetic Variation
• 4E: Williams Syndrome
• 4F: The X Chromosome
• 4G: Prader-Willi & Angelman Syndromes
• 4H: Genetic Regulation and Epigenetics
• 4I: Epigenetic Inheritance - Supplementary
• Unit 4 Office Hours Video

3 Readings

• Required reading #1: Genomic Medicine
• Required reading #2: Epigenetics
• Additional resources Topic #4

1 Assignment

• Unit 5 Quiz

9 Videos

• 5A: What Is Schizophrenia?
• 5B: The Epidemiology of Schizophrenia
• 5C: Twin and Adoption Studies of Schizophrenia
• 5D: What We Have Learned About Environmental Risk From Twin and Adoption Studies
• 5E: Identifying Schizophrenia Risk Alleles - The Positional Cloning Strategy
• 5F: Identifying schizophrenia risk alleles - The GWAS strategy
• 5G: Identifying schizophrenia risk alleles – rare variants
• 5H: Genetics, Race & Ancestry - Supplementary
• Unit 5 Office Hours Video

2 Readings

• Required reading: A candidate-gene study of schizophrenia
• Additional resources for Topic #5

1 Assignment

• Unit 6 Quiz

8 Videos

• 6A: What Is intelligence?
• 6B: Twin, Adoption Studies, and The Heritability of General Cognitive Ability
• 6C: Heritability and The Malleability of General Cognitive Ability
• 6D: Gene-Environment Interplay In Studies of General Cognitive Ability
• 6E: Why is general cognitive ability heritable?
• 6F: Genetics of intellectual disability
• 6G: The replication crisis - Supplementary
• Unit 6 Office Hours Video

2 Readings

• Required reading: Genetic association study of intelligence
• Additional Resources for Topic #6

1 Assignment

• Unit 7 Quiz

8 Videos

• 7A: Shared versus Non-shared Environment Distinction
• 7B: The Moderating Effect of Development
• 7C: Gene-Environment Correlation
• 7D: Family Socialization: A Behavioral Genetic Perspective
• 7E: Gene-Environment Interaction II
• 7F: Genetics and Aging
• 7G: Epigenetics and twins - Supplementary
• Unit 7 Office Hours Video

2 Readings

• Required reading: Age differences in heritability of general cognitive ability
• Additional resources Topic #7

1 Assignment

• Unit 8 Quiz

8 Videos

• 8A: Four Laws of Behavioral Genetics
• 8B: Behavior and Genomic Medicine
• 8C: Behavioral Genetics, the Law and Personal Responsibility, Part I
• 8D: Behavioral Genetics, the Law and Personal Responsibility, Part II
• 8E: Gottesman Interview
• 8F: Acknowledgements, Thank You, and Goodbye
• 8G: Genetic prediction - Supplementary
• Unit 8 Office Hours Video

2 Readings

• Required reading: The (first) three laws of behavioral genetics
• Additional resources for Topic #8