Oral Paper Presentations
1. Cognitive Abilities: Chair: M. McGue
D. Finkel & N. Pedersen: Speed and age mediation of genetic influences on
adult cognitive abilities.
M.L. Chambers & D.W. Fulker: Variation in academic achievement and IQ in twin
pairs.
S.L. Hershberger: A case study of the cognitive profiles of a set of male
monozygotic triplets discordant for sexual orientation.
M. McGue & K. Christensen: The genetic epidemiology of cognitive functioning
in the elderly.
2. Personality: Chair: T.J. Bouchard, Jr.
K.E. Corson & T.J. Bouchard, Jr.: Family resemblance on authoritarianism: An
investigation of genetics, environment, assortative mating, and cognitive
ability.
R.I.E. Lake, H.H. Maes, L.J. Eaves, A.C. Heath, & N.G. Martin: Evidence for
cross-cultural homogeneity in the components of variance for Neuroticism.
J.M. Lessem, J.K. Hewitt, L.J. Eaves, J.L. Silberg, M. Rutter, E. Simonoff, &
J.M. Meyer: Longitudinal study of life events and depression in adolescence.
G. Lensvelt-Mulders: Autonomic responsiveness: A genetic and environmental
approach.
E. Turkheimer: Dynamic nonlinear simulation of interactions between genotype
and environment in ontogenesis.
J.M. Neiderhiser & M. Feinberg: Adolescent internalizing and externalizing:
Do different raters see the same behavior for genetic reasons?
3. Substance Use and Abuse: Chair: tba
W. True, H. Xian, S.A. Eisen, J. Goldberg, M.J. Lyons, & M.T. Tsuang:
Multivariate analyses of posttraumatic stress disorder, alcohol and drug
dependence in 3,304 twin pair members of the Vietnam Era Twin Registry.
M.C. Stallings, S.E. Young, S. Gabel, J.K. Hewitt, T.J. Crowley, & D.W. Fulker:
Personality factors in early-onset antisocial substance abuse.
A.C. Heath, K.K. Bucholz, P.A.F. Madden, W.S. Slutske, L.J. Bierut, D.J.
Statham, & N.G. Martin: Lost souls: predictors of attrition and effects on
estimates of alcoholism heritability in the Australian twin panel.
J.R. Koopmans, A.C. Heath, M.C. Neale, & D.I. Boomsma: Different liabilities
to initiation and quantity of alcohol and tobacco use in Dutch adolescent twins.
C. Lerman, N. Caporaso, D. Main, J. Audrain, E. Bowman, B. Lockshin, & P.
Shields: Association of dopamine transporter SLC6A3 and DRD2 receptor genes
with risk of cigarette smoking.
P.A.F. Madden, A.C. Heath, J. Kaprio, M. Koskenvuo, N.L. Pedersen, & N.G.
Martin: The genetics of smoking: A cross-cultural twin study.
C.A. Prescott & K.S. Kendler: Sex differences in alcoholism: new data from the
MCV stress & coping twin study.
4. Infant/Childhood Topics: Chair: L.F. DiLalla
L.F. DiLalla & E.G. Bishop: Genetic and maternal influences on infant/toddler
task behaviors.
T.D. Topolski, J.K. Hewitt, L.J. Eaves, J.L. Silberg, & M. Rutter:
Longitudinal assessment of symptoms of separation anxiety and overanxious
disorder by multiple raters.
R. Guttman & S. Elyashar: Early development of twins discordant for birthweight.
K.S. Lemery, C. Comeau, & H.H. Goldsmith: The role of parenting style in the
genetics of childhood temperament: A report from the Wisconsin Twin Project.
K.J. Saudino & S.S. Cherny: Ratings of temperament in twins: A comparison of
alternate models.
5. Antisocial Behavior: Chair: I.D. Waldman
W.S. Slutske, M.J. Lyons, W.R. True, S.A. Eisen, J. Goldberg, & M.T. Tsuang:
Testing a developmental taxonomy of antisocial behavior.
T.A. Ridenour & A.C. Heath: Meta-analysis of conduct disorder heritability and
tests for parameter heterogeneity across related factors.
S.H. Rhee & I.D. Waldman: A meta-analysis of twin and adoption studies
examining antisocial behavior.
T.C. Eley, P. Lichtenstein, & J. Stevenson: Aggressive and delinquent
behaviours in young twins: Results from two studies.
T. Blackson, T. Butler, R. Tarter, & L. Kirisci: Temperament influenced
ontogenic trajectory to development of disruptive behavior disorders (DBD) and
substance use disorders (SUD).
S. Van Gestel, M. Danckaerts, B. Verhelle, C. Derom, R. Derom, J-P Fryns, & R.
Vlietinck: Genetic and environmental influences on the covariation between
hyperactivity and delinquency/aggression scores on the CBCL.
I.D. Waldman, M.B. Miller, B.F. Robinson, & D.C. Rowe: A continuous variable
TDT using logistic regression analysis.
6. Reading, Learning Disabilities, Inattention, and Hyperactivity:
Chair: S. Schmitz
S.E. Young, M.C. Stallings, R.P. Corley, J.K. Hewitt, & D.W. Fulker: Sibling
resemblance for conduct disorder and attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder
in selected, adoptive, and control families.
S.Schmitz: The TRF attention scale and its subscales.
J.J. Hudziak, A. Heath, P. Madden, W. Reich, K. Bucholz, W. Slutske, L. Bierut,
R. Neuman, & R. Todd: Evidence for two genetic subtypes of attention-deficit/
hyperactivity disorder in female twins.
M. Alarcon & J.C. DeFries: A twin study of reading performance and general
cognitive ability.
D. Bradway, B.E. Ginsburg, R.A. Young, & F. Kort: Inverted directional
processing: A motor link to learning disabilities.
J. Kuntsi, B. Hohnen, & J. Stevenson: A longitudinal twin study of early
reading development.
7. Topics in animal research and the effects of inbreeding (in animals and
humans): Chair: tba
B.J. Caldarone, C. Saavedra, K. Tartaglia, J.M. Wehner, B.C. Dudek, & L.
Flaherty: Mapping of genes affecting contextual fear conditioning in the mouse.
P. Driscoll, R.M. Escorihuela, & A. Fernandez-Teruel: Behavioral justification
for the use of inbred Roman rat strains in molecular genetic mapping studies
on anxiety.
L.M. Tarantino, L.A. Rodriguez, D.A. Blizard, R. Plomin, & G.E. McClearn:
Experimentally-derived type I error rates for QTL detection in mouse RI strains.
K. Bulayeva: Human behavioural and genetic adaptation to the changing
environment.
8. Health and physical development: Chair: H.H. Maes
D.C. Rowe, K.C. Jacobson, & M. Neiss: Behavior genetics in the adolescent
health study.
J.R. Harris, K. Tambs, & P. Magnus: How do genes and environment mediate the
relationships between symptoms of anxiety and depression, physical health, and
perceived health status?
M.A. Thomis, H. Maes, M.C. Neale, R. Vlietinck, R. Loos, & G. Beunen: Genetic
determination of growth patterns in stature.
H. Snieder, A.J. MacGregor, & T.D. Spector: Assessing the genetic influence on
age related events: application to age at menopause.
H.H. Maes, M.C. Neale, & L.J. Eaves: Genetic and environmental factors in
relative body weight and human adiposity.
Symposium Presentations
1. Behavioral Genetics and Developmental Psychopathology: Organizer: Matt McGue
Speakers:
R. Plomin & T. Eley: Behavioral genetic perspectives on developmental
psychopathology.
D.I. Boomsma, J.R. Koopmans, & C.R. Dolan: Genetic longitudinal analysis of
anxiety, neuroticism, and depression in adolescent and young-adult twins.
A.C. Heath, K.K. Bucholz, P.A.F. Madden, L.J. Bierut, W.R. Reich, W.S. Slutske,
& N.G. Martin: Reverse developmental psychopathology: Genetic research on
alcoholism progresses from adulthood to adolescence.
R.J. Rose, J. Kaprio, L. Pulkkinen, M. Koskenvuo, R.J. Viken, & J. Bates: Finn
twin12 & Finn twin16: Longitudinal twin-family studies in Finland.
M. McGue & W.G. Iacono: Genotype-environment processes in the onset of early
adolescent substance use.
2. Molecular genetic approaches in the analysis of learning and memory.
Organizers: Robert Gerlai & Steve Maxson
Speakers:
R. Bourtchouladze, T. Abel, & E.R. Kandel: Genes important for long-term memory.
D.R. Hampson, A. Baskys, J. Roder, & R. Gerlai: Linking behavioral deficits
with impairments in synaptic physiology in mice lacking a presynaptic
metabotropic glutamate receptor.
Z. Jia, Y-M. Lu, C. Janus, J.T. Henderson, R. Gerlai, J.M. Wojtowicz, & J.C.
Roder: Mice lacking mGluR5 show impaired learning and reduced CA1 LTP, but
normal CA3-LTP.
R. Gerlai: Eph-family receptor tyrosine kinases and learning.
3. Behavior Genetics and Evolutionary Psychology: New Ideas, New Data, and New
Links. Organizer: Nancy Segal
Speakers:
F.J. Sulloway: Why siblings are so different: Birth order and family niches
as sources of the nonshared environment.
R.L. Burgess & L.A. Berg: Behavior genetics and evolutionary psychology: A new
look at the transmission of abuse across generations.
V. Sarich: Individuals and groups, bell curves, and free will in an
evolutionary perspective.
D. Perusse: title tba
Discussants: M. Lalumiere & D. Rowe
4. Transgenic Models of Alzheimer's Disease.
Organizers: Steve Maxson & David Westaway
Speakers:
D.T. Stuss & G. Winocur: Cognitive subtyping in dementia: From mice to humans.
C. Janus: title tba
K. Hsiao: title tba
K. Duff: title tba
5. Mapping Quantitative Trait Loci for Behavior. Organizer: Andrew C. Heath
Speakers:
D.W. Fulker: Introduction to QTL mapping in mice and humans.
R. Radcliffe & J. Wehner: QTL mapping of hippocamap memory processes in mice.
L.J. Eaves: Optimising the selection of sibling pairs for the detection of
quantitative trait loci.
S.S. Cherny & D.W. Fulker: Effects of non-normal errors on the efficacy of
selection strategies for mapping Quantitative Trait Loci using sib pairs.
D.I. Boomsma & C.V. Dolan: Power of QTL mapping in multivariate designs.
M. Neale: QTL mapping using Mx.
Poster Session 1:
1. Genetic mediation of aptitude process in the choice of learning styles.
J. Ando.
2. Frontal EEG asymmetry in depression and alcoholism: effects of comorbidity
and evidence for genetic influences. A.P. Anokhin, J.W. Rohrbaugh, A.B.
Vedeniapin, & E.J. Sirevaag.
3. Using the social transmission of food-preference paradigm to study social
learning in laboratory mice: Preliminary strain comparisons. V.J. Bolivar &
L. Flaherty.
4. Genetic and environmental correlations between attachment styles and basic
personality traits. M. Brussoni, K.L. Jang, & W.J. Livesley.
5. Comparison of parental alcohol dependence phenotypes and their association
with offspring psychopathology. K.K. Bucholz, P.A.F. Madden, L.J. Bierut, W.S.
Slutske, W. Reich, & A.C. Heath.
6. Stress and pentylenetetrazole (PTZ) increase the release of serotonin
(5-HT) in the cerebral cortex of Roman high-avoidance (RHA/Verh) but not Roman
low-avoidance (RLA/Verh) rats. M.G. Corda, G. DiChiara, P. Driscoll, D. Lecca,
G. Piras, & O. Giorgi.
7. Sibling resemblance for adolescent substance experimentation in the
Colorado Adoption Project. R.P. Corley & S.E. Young.
8. Familial resemblance for television viewing and reading in the Colorado
Adoption Project (CAP). S.A. Rhea & R.P. Corley.
9. Genetic and environmental influences on various anxiety disorder symptoms
in children. S.A. Feigon, I.D. Waldman, F. Levy, & D.A. Hay.
10. The Western Ontario Twin Project: An overview. P.A. Vernon, L. Janzen,
C. Vivona, A. Brooks, J.M. McCarthy, P. Puhlik, A. Snyder, & J. Heathcote.
11. Common and specific genetic effects on reading measures. J. Gayan & R.K.
Olson.
12. A twin and family study of the Geschwind-Behan-Galaburda hypothesis of
developmental learning disorders (DRD). J.W. Gilger, B.F. Pennington, J.C.
DeFries, R. Harbeck, B. Kotzin, & S.D. Smith.
13. A diallel analysis of the aversive potency of Alpha-male mouse (Mus
musculus) urine. L. LaRegina, L. Avenia, & M.E. Hahn.
14. Relationship of adolescent substance use with parents' substance use
during adolescence and parents' attitudes towards adolescent substance use.
C. Han, M.K. McGue, & W.G. Iacono.
15. A genetic analysis of the relationship between intelligence and
personality adjectives. J.A. Harris, P.A. Vernon, & K.L. Jang.
16. The genetic and environmental structure of the General Behavior Inventory
Scales in a reared-apart twin sample. Y-M. Hur & T.J. Bouchard, Jr.
17. The inbred Roman rat strains: Similarities in morphological and
pharmacological findings to the outbred Roman lines. A. Fernandez-Teruel, R.M.
Escorihuela, A. Tobena, & P. Driscoll.
18. Feasibility of sampling strategies for QTL mapping: Juvenile-onset obesity.
A.C. Heath & R. Chen.
19. Heredity and the perceptual-cognitive link: Evidence from the OCTO-Twin
study. S.M. Hofer, G.E. McClearn, S. Berg, & R. Plomin.
20. A cross-sectional examination of leisure-time interests in female
adolescents. Y-M. Hur, M. McGue, & W.G. Iacono.
21. Genetic and environmental correlations between seasonality and normal and
abnormal personality. K.L. Jang, J.A. Harris, R.W. Lam, W.J. Livesley, & P.A.
Vernon.
22. Biological factor analysis: A three way (PARAFAC) analysis of twin data.
A.M. Johnson, P.D. MacDonald, R.A. Harshman, P.A. Vernon, & S.V. Paunonen.
23. Cranial size and IQ in Asian Americans from birth to age seven. J.P.
Rushton.
24. Sensitivity and tolerance to acute effects of alcohol: Preliminary
analyses of self-reports in twin and sibling pairs. J.K. Johnson, R.J. Viken,
S.M. Dodd, & R.J. Rose.
25. Etiology of covariation between measures of speeded and perceptual
processes and reading performance: A twin study. V.S. Knopik, R.K. Olson, M.
Alarcon, S.S. Cherny, & J.C. DeFries.
26. A mixture analysis of phonology disorders. B.A. Lewis, L.D. Shriberg,
L.B. Pollak, Jr., L. Freebairn, B. O'Donnell, & D.V. Dawson.
Poster Session 2
1. Ethanol (ET) intake and preference in Roman high-avoidance (RHA/Verh) and
Roman low-avoidance (RLA/Verh) rats: Behavioral and brain microdialysis studies.
O. Giorgi, M.G. Corda, P. Driscoll, M. Orlandi, V. Valentini, G. Carboni, V.
Frau, & G. DiChiara.
2. Genetic and environmental influence on morningness-eveningness. Y-M. Hur
& T.J. Bouchard, Jr.
3. Univariate and multivariate genetic analyses of aggressive and Type A
behaviours. A.M. Johnson, P.A. Vernon, J.A. Harris, & J.M. McCarthy.
4. The heritability of specific fears and phobias in children.
P. Lichtenstein & P. Annas.
5. Twin similarity for heterosexual pair-bonding: Lifetime marital histories
of World War II veteran twins. S.L. Trumbetta, I.I. Gottesman,
E.N. Turkheimer, & W. Page.
6. Ethanol preference in quasi-congenic Recombinant QTL Introgression (RQI)
mouse strains: Preliminary results. C. Vadasz, R. Mao, J. Lafrancois, &
A. Balla.
7. Changes in genetic influences on interindividual differences in children's
EEG coherence. G.C.M. van Baal, E.J.C. de Geus, & D.I. Boomsma.
8. Resting heart rate in early childhood. C.A. Van Hulle, T.D. Topolski,
R. Corley, & J.K. Hewitt.
9. An association between a DRD5 gene polymorphism and the liability to
substance abuse. M.M. Vanyukov & H.B. Moss.
10. Sex-specific QTL influences in alcohol-related phenotypes: Analysis of an
F2 population. J.R. Fernandez, G.P. Vogler, L.M. Tarantino, & G.E. McClearn.
11. Sibling selection for extreme discordance/concordance: Empirical
illustrations. R.J. Viken, J. Kaprio, T. Winter, J. Johnson, & R.J. Rose.
12. Genetic association between atopy and internalizing symptoms in middle
childhood. M.Z. Wamboldt & S. Schmitz.
13. Within-family correlations between general intelligence and MRI-measured
brain volume and head size in male adult siblings. J.C. Wickett, P.A. Vernon,
& D.H. Lee.
14. Self-reported alcohol problems and neurotic symptoms. S.M. Wilson, J.K.
Hewitt, M.C. Stallings, & T.P. Beresford.
15. An analysis of problem behaviors in unrelated siblings reared together
from infancy of the same age (UST-SA), as measured by the CBCL. P.J. Giordani
& N.L. Segal.
16. Genetic and environmental influences on health locus of control in a
sample of old-old twins in Sweden. J.D. Grant, B. Johansson, & G.E. McClearn.
17. Specific familial transmission in alcohol and drug abuse: The Adolescent
Substance Abuse Study. D.R. Miles, G. Carey, M.C. Stallings, T.J. Crowley, &
D.W. Fulker.
18. Subtypes and heritability of adolescent females' substance-related,
behavioral and mood disorders. T.A. Ridenour & A.C. Heath.
19. Rater differences in gene-environment contributions to adolescent problem
behaviors. K.J. Seelig & K.O. Brandon.
20. Quantitative genetic variation for phenylthiocarbamide (PTC) preference
behavior in adult Drosophila melanogaster. B. Possidente, M. Mustafa, &
L. Collins.
21. The importance of genes and environments for asthma and allergies in
children. P. Lichtenstein & M. Svartengren.
22. Univariate and bivariate genetic analysis of muscularity in early
adolescence. R. Loos, M. Thomis, H.H. Maes, G. Beunen, A.L. Claessens,
C. Derom, & R. Vlietinck.
23. A twin family study of delinquency. J. Taylor, M. McGue, W.G. Iacono, &
D.T. Lykken.
24. Sexual behavior, vocalization and defecation in mice of inbred and
congenic strains. T.L. McLaughlin & B.E. Ginsburg.
25. Effects of the meander tail mutation on ethanol narcosis in mice. D.J.
Nash & R.S. Ackley.
26. The heritability of attitudes: A study of twins. J.M. Olson, P.A. Vernon,
J.A. Harris, & K.L. Jang.