Genetics, Environmental Risks, and Protective Factors

Abstract

(From the chapter) considers recent advances in quantitative genetics that can be used to take us far beyond the simplest "whether" and "how much" questions of heritability / while the emphasis of the chapter is on the contribution of quantitative genetic analysis to our understanding of environmental influences, it begins with other examples: multivariate analysis, developmental analysis, extremes analysis, and quantitative trait loci / genetic factors have been shown to contribute to measures at the environment relevant to research in behavioral medicine the nature of nurture [life events, social support] / causes and consequences of genetic influence on environmental measures [genotype-environment correlation, multivariate genetic analysis of genotype-environment correlation] (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)