Behavioral Genetics — Twin Studies, Adoption & Heritability Traps
Professor of Biology and Neurology
1:38:35·2011·undergraduate level
Explains why heritability is a variance statistic about environments—not a measure of how 'genetic' a trait is—and exposes prenatal confounders in classic twin studies.
Bio & NeuroGenetics & Molecular BiologyBehavioral & Evolutionary BiologyBehavioral GeneticsHeritability
(April 12, 2010) Robert Sapolsky introduces a two-part series exploring the controversial scientific practice of inferring behavior to genetics. He covers classical techniques in behavior genetics and flaws, the significance of environmental factors, non genetic inheritance of traits, and multigenerational effects and relationship to epigenetic differences.
Stanford University
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