Researchers move 2 steps closer to understanding genetic underpinnings of autism
Researchers are one step closer to understanding autism's genetic cause.

Picky-eater flies losing smell genes
A UC Davis researcher is hot on the scent of some lost fruit fly genes.

Study of domesticated foxes reveals changes in gene expression as a basis for tame behavior
Researchers have found evidence that dramatic behavioral and physiological changes accompanying tameness may be associated with only limited changes in gene activity in the brain.

NIH unprecedented genetic study may help identify people most at risk for alcoholism
Scan of human genome may provide important new tools for prevention and treatment

'Personality-gene' makes songbirds curious
Whether you are an anxious type, or a fearless person - such individual differences in personality could be partly due to the genes you carry. In

Genetics Of Obesity And Of The Response To Chronic Overfeeding
There are considerable individual differences in the response to chronic overfeeding for body mass, body composition and a variety of metabolic phenotypes.

Survival of the rarest: Fruit flies shed light on the evolution of behaviorSurvival of the rarest: Fruit flies shed light on the evolution of behavior
Sometimes, it pays to be rare—think of a one-of-a-kind diamond, a unique Picasso or the switch-hitter on a baseball team.

Forward Genetic Analysis of Visual Behavior in Zebrafish
This collection of zebrafish behavioral mutants provides a novel resource for the study of normal vision and its genetic disorders.

Molecular genetics of nicotine dependence and abstinence: whole genome association using 520,000 SNPs
A report in genome wide association in pools of DNAs prepared from nicotine dependent European-American smoking cessation trial participants and control individuals

The Genetics of Schizophrenia
The purpose of this article is to provide a high-level review of progress, its limitations, and the implications for clinical research and clinical practice.

Hair-pulling disorder caused by faulty gene in some families
Scientists at Duke University Medical Center have identified gene mutations that cause trichotillomania, a psychiatric disorder that triggers people to compulsively pull their hair

Severe mental retardation gene mutation identified
Genes related to other retardation syndromes are expected to be found

Genetic roots of bipolar disorder revealed by first genome-wide study of illness
Targeting enzyme produced by a specific gene may lead to better medications

With Fruit Fly Sex, Researchers Find Mind-body Connection
The finding, made by Brown University biologists, debunks the notion that sexual mind and sexual body are built by separate sets of genes.

Heredity May Be The Reason Some People Feel Lonely
Heredity helps determine why some adults are persistently lonely, research shows.

Alcohol Researchers Relate a Genetic Factor to Anxiety in Women
Researchers have identified a genetic factor that appears to influence anxiety in women.

Holiday Eating Is An Inherited Trait, Says GSU Psychologist
Genes dictate not only the amount of body fat a person has but also how much they want to be in a particular social situation, and how much they eat while they're there, says psychologist.