BEHAVIOR GENETICS ASSOCIATION

33^RD ANNUAL MEETING

Palmer House Hilton Hotel, Chicago, Illinois, USA

June 25 – 28, 2003

	WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25, 2003
4:00 pm – 8:00 pm (5^th Floor Foyer)		REGISTRATION
4:00 pm – 6:00 pm (Cresthill Room #11)		EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm (PDR 17)		OPENING RECEPTION—(with Cash Bar)
	THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 2003
7:30 am – 8:30 am (Wabash Parlor)		CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
8:30 pm – 5:00 pm (3^rd Floor Foyer)		REGISTRATION
8:30 am – 10:30 am (Crystal Room)		Thursday: SYMPOSIUM I Using Micro-arrays in the Analysis of Behavior (Chairs: Frans Sluyter & Leonard Schalkwyk)
8:30 am – 8:35 am		Overview -- Frans Sluyter
8:35 am – 9:00 am		Analysis of single nucleotide polymorphisms in patients with mood disorders. Sulev Kõks, Kati Koido, Eduard Maron, Tiit Nikopensius, Ants Kurg, Jakov Šlik, Eero Vasar, Andres Metspalu
9:00 am – 9:30 am		The power of gene expression profiling and mouse models to unravel behavior. Cathy Fernandes, Jose Paya-Cano, Frans Sluyter, Ursula D’Souza, Robert Plomin, Leonard C. Schalkwyk
9:30 am – 10:00 am		On the integration of QTL, gene expression and sequence analyses. Robert Hitzemann, Cheryl Reed, Barbara Hitzemann, Robert W. Williams, James Sikela, Kari Buck, Jonathan Flint, Christopher Talbot
10:00 am – 10:30 am		Brain transcriptional networks. Robert W. Williams, Lu Lu, Yanhua Qu, Jintao Wang, Elissa J. Chesler, Hui-Chen Hsu, John D. Mountz, David W. Threadgill, Kenneth F. Manly

8:30 am – 10:30 am (Wabash Parlor)	Thursday: PARALLEL PAPER SESSION I Genetics & Child Psychopathology (Chair: Anita Thapar)
8:30 am – 8:45 am	Genetic heterogeneity for social and nonsocial symptoms of the autism spectrum: a twin study of 3,000 pairs of 7-year-old twins.-T Angelica Ronald, Francesca G.E. Happé, Robert Plomin
8:45 am – 9:00 am	Sex and the single teacher. Sex differences in parent- and teacher-rated behavior problems. Kimberly J. Saudino
9:00 am – 9:15 am	Childhood onset versus adult onset suicidal ideation: Genetic relationship with suicide attempt risk. Anne Glowinski
9:15 am – 9:30 am	Does disabling fatigue in children and adolescents share common genes with depression?-T Tom Fowler, Jane Scourfield, Anita Thapar, Anne Farmer
9:30 am – 9:45 am	Negative life events as an account of age-related differences in the genetic aetiology of depression in childhood and adolescence.-T Frances J. Rice, Gordon T. Harold, Anita Thapar
9:45 am – 10:00 am	Novelty seeking and dopamine receptor polymorphisms in adolescence.-T Noa Heiman, Mats Larsson, Michael C. Stallings, Susan E. Young, Andrew Smolen, John K. Hewitt
10:00 am – 10:15 am	Anxiety and depression from early to late childhood: A sibling-based association study on the serotonin transporter polymorphism. Susan E. Young, Andrew Smolen, Michael C. Stallings, Robin P. Corley, John K. Hewitt
10:15 am – 10:30 am	Shared environmental influences on adolescent functioning: Parent and sibling effects. Matt McGue, Margaret Keyes, S. Brent Walden, William G. Iacono
10:30 am – 11:00 am (3^rd Floor Foyer)	MORNING BREAK
11:00 am – 12:40 am (Wabash Parlor)	Thursday: SYMPOSIUM II Childhood Eternalizing Disorders (Chair: James Hudziak)
11:00 am – 11:20 am	A longitudinal multiple rater study on attention problems in childhood. M. Bartels, J.J. Hudziak, M.J.H. Rietveld, C.E.M. van Beijsterveldt, D.I. Boomsma
11:20 am – 11:40 am	The CBCL ADHD-bipolar phenotype: Prevalence and genetic architecture at ages 7, 10, and 12. J.J. Hudziak, R. Althoff, E. Derks, D.I. Boomsma
11:40 am – 12:00 pm	Genetic neuroimaging: Defining endophenotypes in ADHD. K. Botteron
12:00 pm – 12:20 pm	Covariation among ADHD, CD, and ODD: Effects of maternal substance use during pregnancy. V. Knopik, R. Todd, A. Heath
12:20 pm – 12:40 pm	Discussion – led by James Hudziak

11:00 am – 12:20 am (Crystal Room)	Thursday: PARALLEL PAPER SESSION II Behavior Analysis – (continued) (Chair: Frans Sluyter)
11:00 am – 11:20 am	Development of congenic strains for mitochondrial DNA in mice. Implication of the mtDNA in pre-weaning development and motor behavior. Michèle Carlier, Charles Cohen-Salmon, Chabane Chérif, Fatima Marouf Verray, Paricia Arechi, Fabienne Godin, Frans Sluyter, Brice Marcet, Bernard Verrier, Pierre L. Roubertoux
11:20 am – 11:40 am	Mitochondrial DNA and behavior: Implication of mitochondrial DNA in learning and memory. Frans Sluyter, Charles Cohen-Salmon, Michèle Carlier, Chabane Chérif, Fatima Marouf Verray, Pierre L. Roubertoux
11:40 am – 12:00 pm	Mitochondrial DNA and behavior: Interaction between mitochondrial and nuclear genes, preliminary results from micro arrays. Pierre L. Roubertoux, Brice Marcet, Franz Sluyter, Bernard Verrier
12:00 pm – 12:20 pm	Human G protein-coupled receptors coding variation database. Alan R. Sanders, Pablo V. Gejman
12:40 pm – 2:00 pm	LUNCH BREAK
2:00 pm – 3:30 pm (Crystal Room)	Thursday: SYMPOSIUM III Genetic Epidemiology of Smoking and Nicotine Dependence. (Chair: Pamela Madden)
2:00 pm – 2:20 pm	Genetic analyses of smoking initiation, regular smoking and nicotine dependence. Hermine Maes
2:20 pm – 2:40 pm	Shared and specific genetic influences for nicotine and alcohol dependence. Pamela Madden
2:40 pm – 3:00 pm	Genetic analyses of DSM-IV nicotine withdrawal. Michele Pergadia
3:00 pm – 3:20 pm	An adoption study of smoking behavior. Lisa Legrand, Margaret Keyes, William G. Iacono, Matt McGue
3:20 pm – 3:30 pm	Discussion – led by Pamela Madden

2:00 pm – 3:30 pm (Wabash Parlor)	Thursday: PARELLEL PAPER SESSION III Genetics & Child Psychopathology – (continued) (Chair: Stephanie Schmitz)
2:00 pm – 2:15 pm	Attention and internalizing problems. Stephanie Schmitz
2:15 pm – 2:30 pm	The development of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity symptoms from childhood to early adolescence. Paul Lichtenstein, Jan-Olov Larsson, Henrik Larsson
2:30 pm – 2:45 pm	Maternal smoking in pregnancy and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder symptoms in offspring. Anita Thapar, Tom Fowler, Frances Rice, Jane Scourfield, Marianne van den Bree, Hollie Thomas, Gordon Harold, Dale Hay
2:45 pm – 3:00 pm	Disruptive behavior and school achievement: Genetic and environmental relationships in 11-year-olds.-T Wendy Johnson, Matt McGue, William G. Iacono
3:00 pm – 3:15 pm	Twin analyses of the outcomes of early trauma. V. Droege, A. Heath
3:15 pm – 3:30 pm	Genetics and human behaviour: The ethical context. Martin Richards
3:30 pm – 4:00 pm (3^rd Floor Foyer)	AFTERNOON BREAK

4:00 pm – 5:30 pm (Wabash Parlor)	Thursday: SYMPOSIUM IV Genetic Vulnerability to Drug Use, Abuse and Dependence: General or Specific (Chair: John Hewitt)
4:00 pm – 4:20 pm	Early adolescent problem behavior and adult psychopathology: A behavioral genetic perspective. Matt McGue, William G. Iacono, Robert F. Krueger
4:20 pm – 4:40 pm	Family clustering of substance dependence: Differences between Caucasian and African American families. Laura Bierut, COGA collaborators
4:40 pm – 5:00 pm	The etiology of comorbidity in substance dependence in adolescents. Soo Hyun Rhee, John K. Hewitt, Susan E. Young, Robin P. Corley, Thomas J. Crowley, Michael C. Neale, Michael C. Stallings
5:00 pm – 5:20 pm	A genome scan for quantitative trait loci influencing antisocial drug dependence in adolescence. Michael C. Stallings, Robin P. Corley, Brianna Dennehey, John K. Hewitt, Kenneth S. Krauter, Jeff M. Lessem, Susan K. Mikulich, Soo Hyun Rhee, Andrew Smolen, Susan E. Young, Thomas J. Crowley
5:20 pm – 5:30 pm	Discussion—led by John Hewitt

5:30 pm – 7:00 pm (PDR 18)		Thursday: POSTER SESSION I—(with Cash Bar) Emotional & Behavioral Problems
1	Psychopathic personality traits & externalizing psychopathology: Etiologic connections.-T Daniel M. Blonigen, Brian M. Hicks, Robert F. Krueger, Christopher J. Patrick, William G. Iacono, Matt McGue
2	Maternal smoking during pregnancy and antisocial outcomes in young people.-T Tanya Button, Anita Thapar, Peter McGuffin
3	Exploring the genetic architecture of social and non-social fear in infancy.-T Penny L. Biersach Clark, Carol A. Van Hulle, Erri Hewitt, H. Hill Goldsmith
4	Sibling resemblance for adolescent problem behavior: National Youth Survey and CADD. R.P. Corley, S.E. Young, M.C. Stallings, J.K. Hewitt, A. Smolen, D. Huizinga
5	Pubertal maturation differences in genetic and environmental influences on conduct disorder.-T Amber L. Gahagan, Irwin D. Waldman
6	A detailed investigation of DSM-IV conduct disorder symptoms: Heritability of individual items and a comparison of selected and unselected samples.-T Heather L. Gelhorn, Michael Stallings, Susan E. Young, Robin P. Corley, John K. Hewitt, Thomas J. Crowley
7	Investigating genetic and environmental influences on age at onset of alcohol use and the latency from first use to regular use in the Colorado Adolescent Twin Sample.-T Detre A. Godinez, Michael C. Stallings, Susan E. Young, Robin P. Corley, John K. Hewitt
8	Individual differences in behavioral problems as rated by different teachers across middle childhood and early adolescence. B.C. Haberstick, S. Schmitz, S.E. Young, J.K. Hewitt
9	Do genes make people feel blue after stress? N. Jacobs, I. Myin-Germeys, L. Krabbendam, J. van Os
10	Using mothers with both clean and dirty pregnancies to investigate associations between maternal smoking during pregnancy and offspring externalizing disorders. V. Knopik
11	Do rural environments constrain the genetic expression of externalizing psychopathology?-T Lisa N. Legrand, Matt McGue, Margaret Keyes, Steve Malone, William G. Iacono
12	Genetic analysis of antisocial behavior and drug abuse in the Add Health Study. Jeffrey M. Lessem, Christian Hopfer, Andrew Smolen, John K. Hewitt
13	Harsh punishment and outcomes in children of twins.-T Stacy Lynch, Jane Mendle, Brian D’Onofrio, Robert Emery, Eric Turkheimer, Wendy Slutske, Andrew Heath, Nick Martin
14	Shared environmental influences on adolescent functioning: Parent and sibling effects. Matt McGue, Margaret Keyes, S. Brent Walden, William G. Iacono
15	The transmission of depressive symptoms from mother to child: Genetic and environmental pathways.-T Frances J. Rice, Gordon T. Harold, Anita Thapar
16	Anxiety and depression in childhood and adolescence: Developmental pathways, genes and environment. Frances Rice, Tom A. Fowler, Jane Scourfield, Anita Thapar
17	The interaction of ALDH2 and CYP2A6 with acculturation on alcohol and nicotine use and problem use among Vietnamese and Japanese: Preliminary results from a pilot study. Nathan K. Risk, Ashley H. Hayden, Krista L. Russel, Rumi K. Price
18	Depressive symptoms in children and adolescents: Changing aetiological influences with development. Jane Scourfield, Frances Rice, Anita Thapar, Gordon T. Harold, Neilson Martin, Peter McGuffin
19	Problem behaviors in virtual twins: Analysis of shared family influences. Nancy L. Segal, William D. Marelich, Rick Castillo, Jack Mearns, Shirley A. McGuire
20	A novel method for disentangling the effects of genes, intrauterine and environmental risk factors. Anita Thapar, Jacky Boivin, Gordon Harold, Dale Hay, Frances Rice, Adam Goody
21	ADHD children with and without the dopamine D4 receptor 7-repeat allele: Evidence of differences in performance on neuropsychological tests. Anita Thapar, Kate Langley, Lucy Marshall, Marianne van den Bree, Hollie Thomas, Michael Owen, Michael O’Donovan
22	The role of post-traumatic stress disorder in explaining the association between combat trauma and lifetime nicotine or alcohol dependence. Hong Xian, Jeffrey Scherrer, Seth A. Eisen, William R. True
23	Mechanisms linking cognitive and personality risk factors to depression: A genetic analysis of covariance. Jongil Yuh, David Reiss

	FRIDAY, JUNE 27, 2003
7:00 am – 8:30 am (Wabash Parlor)		CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
8:30 pm – 5:00 pm (3^rd Floor Foyer)		REGISTRATION
8:30 am – 10:30 am (Crystal Room)		Friday: SYMPOSIUM V Infant Mouse and Rat Ultrasonic Vocalizations (Chair: Marty Hahn)
8:30 am – 8:50 am		A review of the methods of studies on maternal retrieval and infant ultrasonic vocalization in small rodents. Maria J. Lavooy, Martin E. Hahn
8:50 am – 9:10 am		Selective breeding for an infantile phenotype (rat pup ultrasonic vocalizations): A window on developmental processes. Susan A. Brunelli
9:10 am – 9:30 am		Genetic and developmental influences on infant mouse ultrasonic calling. Laura M. Thornton, Martin E. Hahn, Norman Schanz
9:30 am – 9:50 am		Rat infant ultrasonic vocalizations: ethological significance and modulation by aversive drugs. Jeffrey Burgdorf
9:50 am – 10:10 am		Quantitative parameters of the ultrasonic communication in rats. Stefan M. Brudzynski
10:10 am – 10:30 am		Discussion – led by Marty Hahn
8:30 am – 10:30 am (Wabash Parlor)		Friday: PLENARY SYMPOSIUM Child Development & Childhood Psychopathology (Chair: Andrew Heath)
8:30 am – 9:30 am		Genetics of childhood psychopathology: Negotiating endophenotypes, component phenotypes and subtypes. H. Hill Goldsmith
9:30 am – 10:30 am		T.B.A.
10:30 am – 11:00 am (3^rd Floor Foyer)		MORNING BREAK
11:00 am – 12:30 am (Wabash Parlor)		Friday: SYMPOSIUM VI Relationships (Chair: Marianne Wamboldt)
11:00 am – 11:20 am		Mothering and adolescent externalizing behavior: A behavioral genetic exploration. Jody M. Ganiban
11:20 am – 11:40 am		Early adolescent behavior problems and middle adolescent relationships: Genetic and environmental influences. Erica L. Spotts, Paul Lichtenstein
11:40 am – 12:00 pm		Genetic and environmental influences on adolescent cannabis use: The role of family relationships. Holly C. Wilcox, Jenae Neider