Heritability, genetic correlation, and genetic associations estimated from samples of
unrelated individuals are often perceived as confirmation that genotype causes the …

There is a growing awareness of the important role that human genetics plays in individual
differences in human behavior. Human Genetics for the Social Sciences introduces students …

Biosocialities, Genetics and the Social Sciences Page 1 Page 2 Biosocialities, Genetics and the
Social Sciences Investigations into the genetic make-up of humans have transformed the way …

Over the last two decades, it has become increasingly evident that control of aggressive
behavior is modulated by the individual genetic profile as well. Several candidate genes …

Over the past century, we have made great strides in reducing rates of disease and
enhancing people's general health. Public health measures such as sanitation, improved …

▪ Abstract Sociologists often react with hostility to explanations that evoke biology, and some
critics of the discipline contend that this “biophobia” undermines the credibility of sociology …

For a century, social scientists have avoided genetics like the plague. But the nature-nurture
wars are over. In the past decade, a small but intrepid group of economists, political …

This special issue was motivated by what appeared to be a strange paradox. Just about
every week the Science Times—one of the places where science meets the public …

''The genetics revolution may be well underway,''write Dalton Conley and Jason Fletcher in
The Genome Factor,''but the social genomics revolution is just getting started''(p. 11). They …

Sociologists interested in the effects of genes on complex social outcomes claim
environmental conditions structure when and how genes matter, but they have only studied …