behavioral genetics

noun

(used with a singular verb)

1. an interdisciplinary field studying the effects of genetics and hereditary factors on animal and human behavior.

Example Sentences

The Pasadena-based institute, with a 3% admission rate last year, boasts 46 Nobel laureates and cutting-edge research in such fields as earthquake engineering, behavioral genetics, geochemistry, quantum information and aerospace.

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Benjamin Oldroyd, an emeritus professor of behavioral genetics at the University of Sydney who was not involved in the paper, said he has tried to write out a list of reproductive modes of ants and related species, “both real and imagined.”

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Tony Vernon, a psychologist teaching and studying behavioral genetics at Mount Royal University in Canada, agreed that the Binghams’ results were not unusual for identical twins.

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Konopka and his professor Seymour Benzer — a molecular biologist at the forefront of the field that became known as behavioral genetics — began inducing random DNA mutations in fruit flies and watched for pupae that emerged at the wrong time of day.

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The manifesto’s 180 pages cited not only racist conspiracy theories, but also scientific research on behavioral genetics.

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