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Behavior Genetics Association

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The Behavior Genetics Association (BGA) is a learned society established in 1970 and which promotes research into the connections between heredity and behavior, both human and animal. [1]

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Angelica Ronald

Angelica Ronald is a Professor of Psychology and Genetics at the Centre for Brain and Cognitive Development within the Department of Psychological Sciences at Birkbeck, University of London, where she is the director of the Genes Environment Lifespan (GEL) laboratory.

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Behavior Genetics (journal)

Behavior Genetics is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published monthly by Springer Science+Business Media that is covering "research in the inheritance of behavior".

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Behavioural genetics

Behavioural genetics also referred to as behaviour genetics, is a field of scientific research that uses genetic methods to investigate the nature and origins of individual differences in behaviour.

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Benson Ginsburg

Benson Earl Ginsburg (July 16, 1918 – August 17, 2016) was an American behavior geneticist who conducted research on many different animal species, including fruit flies, dogs, mice, and humans.

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BGA

BGA may refer to.

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David Fulker

David William Fulker (8 March 1937 – 9 July 1998) was a behavioural geneticist at the University of Colorado's Institute for Behavioral Genetics.

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David T. Lykken

David Thoreson Lykken (June 18, 1928 – September 15, 2006) was a behavioral geneticist and Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Psychiatry at the University of Minnesota.

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Del Thiessen

Delbert Duane "Del" Thiessen is an American psychology professor emeritus whose research focused on evolutionary mechanisms of reproduction and social communication.

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Diallel cross

A diallel cross is a mating scheme used by plant and animal breeders, as well as geneticists, to investigate the genetic underpinnings of quantitative traits.

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Dorret Boomsma

Dorret I. Boomsma (born 18 November 1957, Huizen, The Netherlands) is a Dutch biological psychologist specializing in genetics and twin studies.

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Gerald E. McClearn

Gerald (Jerry) McClearn (July 28, 1927 – January 5, 2017) was an American behavior geneticist and professor emeritus of health and human development and biobehavioral health at the Pennsylvania State University.

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Glayde Whitney

Glayde D. Whitney (1939 – 8 January 2002) was an American behavioral geneticist and psychologist.

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Hans van Abeelen

Hans van Abeelen (20 November 1936 – 21 August 1998) was the first Dutch behaviour geneticist.

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Human behaviour genetics

Human behaviour genetics is a subfield of the field of behaviour genetics that studies the role of genetic and environmental influences on human behaviour.

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International Society for Twin Studies

The International Society for Twin Studies (ISTS) is an international, non-profit scientific organization.

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Irving Gottesman

Irving Isadore Gottesman (December 29, 1930 – June 29, 2016) was an American professor of psychology who devoted most of his career to the study of the genetics of schizophrenia.

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Jerry Hirsch

Jerome Edwin Hirsch (September 20, 1922 – May 3, 2008 in Urbana, Illinois) was an American geneticist known for his pioneering work in behavior genetics, and for his advocacy for social justice.

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John C. DeFries

John C. DeFries (born November 26, 1934) is one of the world's leading behavior geneticists.

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John C. Loehlin

John Clinton Loehlin (born January 13, 1926) is an American behavior geneticist and psychology and computer science professor emeritus.

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John K. Hewitt

John Keith Hewitt (born July 14, 1952) is a British-American behavioral geneticist and professor of psychology and neuroscience at the University of Colorado Boulder, where he directs the Institute for Behavioral Genetics.

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John Paul Scott (geneticist)

John Paul Scott (December 17, 1909—March 26, 2000) was an American behavior geneticist and comparative psychologist known for his research into the development of social behavior (especially aggression), which he pursued through studies in animal models including the dog.

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Lee Willerman

Lee Willerman (26 July 1939 – 10 January 1997) was an American psychologist known for his work on behavioral genetics using twin studies.

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List of psychology organizations

This is a list of organizations and societies in psychology.

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Matt McGue

Matt McGue is an American behavior geneticist and Regents Professor of psychology at the University of Minnesota, where he co-directs the Minnesota Center for Twin and Family Research.

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Nancy Segal

Nancy L. Segal (born Boston, Massachusetts) is a prominent American evolutionary psychologist and behavioral geneticist, specializing in the study of twins.

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Nick Martin (scientist)

Nicholas Gordon (Nick) Martin (born 14 February 1950) is a leading behavior geneticist who has published over 1000 peer-reviewed articles on topics as diverse as the heritability of religion and intelligence to medical disorders such as endometriosis.

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Niki Erlenmeyer-Kimling

Niki Erlenmeyer-Kimling, Ph.D., D.Sc.

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Robert Plomin

Robert J. Plomin, FBA (born 1948) is an American psychologist and geneticist best known for his work in twin studies and behavior genetics.

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Sandra Scarr

Sandra Wood Scarr (born August 1936) is an American psychologist and writer.

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Sjeng Kerbusch

Sjeng Kerbusch (1947 - March 1, 1991) was a Dutch behavior geneticist.

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Steven G. Vandenberg

Steven Vandenberg (born July 15, 1915, Den Helder, The Netherlands d. August 27, 1992, Boulder, Colorado, United States) was a behavior geneticist who immigrated to the US after the Second World War, obtaining his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan in 1955.

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The IQ Controversy, the Media and Public Policy (book)

The IQ Controversy, the Media and Public Policy is a book published by Smith College professor emeritus Stanley Rothman and Harvard researcher Mark Snyderman in 1988.

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Theodosius Dobzhansky

Theodosius Grygorovych Dobzhansky (Теодо́сій Григо́рович Добжа́нський; Феодо́сий Григо́рьевич Добржа́нский; January 25, 1900 – December 18, 1975) was a prominent Ukrainian-American geneticist and evolutionary biologist, and a central figure in the field of evolutionary biology for his work in shaping the modern synthesis.

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Thomas J. Bouchard Jr.

Thomas J. Bouchard Jr. (born October 3, 1937) is an American psychologist and geneticist.

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Twin study

Twin studies are studies conducted on identical or fraternal twins.

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Wim Crusio

Wim E. Crusio (born Wilhelmus Elisabeth Crusio on December 20, 1954 in Bergen op Zoom, The Netherlands) is a Dutch behavioral neurogeneticist and a directeur de recherche (research director) with the French National Centre for Scientific Research in Talence, France.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behavior_Genetics_Association

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