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Genetic Theory - Overview
Pak ShamInternational Twin Workshop
Boulder, 2005
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The Human Genome23 Chromosomes, each containing a DNA molecule (Watson and Crick, 1953)
3 × 109 base pairs, completely sequenced (Human Genome Project, 2003)
Approximately 24,000 genes, each coding for a polypeptide chain
Approximately 107 common polymorphisms (variable sites, documented in dbSNP database)
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Genetic transmission
XY Zygote
Somatic cells
Germ cells Spermatozoa
XX Zygote
Somatic cells
Germ cells Ova Zygote
Mitosis Meiosis Fertilization
DIPLOID DIPLOID HAPLOID DIPLOID
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Sources of Natural Variation
Genetic Differences Environmental Differences
Individual Phenotypic Differences
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Genetic VariationChromosomal anomalies
Insertions / Deletions / Translocations
Variable sequence repeatsmicrosatellites (e.g. CACACA….)
Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs)
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Types of Genetic DiseaseMendelian diseases
e.g. Huntington’s disease, cystic fibrosisA genetic mutation causes the diseaseEnvironmental variation usually irrelevant Usually rareOccurs in isolated pedigrees
Multifactorial diseasese.g. Coronary heart disease, hypertension, schizophreniaA genetic variant increases the risk of diseaseEnvironmental variation usually importantOften commonOccurs in general population
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Single-Gene DisordersHuman Genome Project completed in 2003Human Gene Mutation Database contains 44,090 mutations in 1,714 genesGene Test web site lists genetic tests for 1,093 diseasesdbSNP Database Build 123 contains 10,079,771 single nucleotide polymorphisms
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Autosomal Dominant Disorders
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Autosomal Dominant Disorders
Aa aa
Aaaa aa Aa aa
aa Aa Aa
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Autosomal Recessive Disorders
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Autosomal Recessive Disorders
Aa Aa
aa Aa Aa AA
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X-linked Dominant Disorders
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X-linked Dominant Disorders
a Aa
A a Aa aa
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X-linked Recessive Disorders
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X-linked Recessive Disorders
A Aa
a A AA Aa
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Mendelian Segregation
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Segregation Ratios
First discovered by Gregor Mendel in his experiments on the garden pea (published in 1866 and rediscovered in 1900)Form the basis of Mendel’s first law: “law of segregation”
Defined as the ratio of affected to normal individuals among the offspring of a particular type of mating.
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Mendel’s Experiments
Pure Lines AA aa
F1 Aa Aa
AA Aa Aa aa
3:1 Segregation Ratio
Intercross
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Mendel’s Experiments
Aa aa
Aa aa
F1 Pure line
Back cross
1:1 Segregation ratio
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Segregation Ratios
Normal father x Carrier motherX-linked recessive
Nornal father x Affected motherX-linked dominant
Carrier x CarrierAutosomal recessive
Affected x NormalAutosomal dominant
Segregation ratioAffected:Normal
Mating typeMode of inheritance
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Segregation Ratios
Normal father x Carrier motherX-linked recessive
Nornal father x Affected motherX-linked dominant
Carrier x CarrierAutosomal recessive
1:1Affected x NormalAutosomal dominant
Segregation ratioAffected:Normal
Mating typeMode of inheritance
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Segregation Ratios
Normal father x Carrier motherX-linked recessive
Nornal father x Affected motherX-linked dominant
1:3Carrier x CarrierAutosomal recessive
1:1Affected x NormalAutosomal dominant
Segregation ratioAffected:Normal
Mating typeMode of inheritance
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Segregation Ratios
Normal father x Carrier motherX-linked recessive
1:1Nornal father x Affected motherX-linked dominant
1:3Carrier x CarrierAutosomal recessive
1:1Affected x NormalAutosomal dominant
Segregation ratioAffected:Normal
Mating typeMode of inheritance
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Segregation Ratios
1:1 in sonsNormal father x Carrier motherX-linked recessive
1:1Normal father x Affected motherX-linked dominant
1:3Carrier x CarrierAutosomal recessive
1:1Affected x NormalAutosomal dominant
Segregation ratioAffected:Normal
Mating typeMode of inheritance
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Hardy-Weinberg Law
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Parental Frequencies
Raa
QAa
PAA
FrequencyGenotype
R+Q/2a
P+Q/2A
FrequencyAllele
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Mating Type Frequencies(Random Mating)
R2QRPRaa
QRQ2PQAa
PRPQP2AA
aaAaAA
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Offspring Segregation Ratios
aaAa:aa0.5:0.5
Aaaa
Aa:aa0.5:0.5
AA:Aa:aa0.25:0.5:0.25
AA:Aa0.5:0.5
Aa
AaAA:Aa0.5:0.5
AAAA
aaAaAA
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Offspring Genotype Frequencies
R2+QR+Q2/4 = (R+Q/2)2aa
2PR+PQ+QR+Q2/2 = 2(P+Q/2)(R+Q/2)Aa
P2+PQ+Q2/4 = (P+Q/2)2AA
FrequencyGenotype
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Offspring Allele Frequencies
(R+Q/2)2 + (P+Q/2)(R+Q/2) = R+Q/2a
(P+Q/2)2 + (P+Q/2)(R+Q/2) = P+Q/2A
FrequencyAllele
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Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium
In a large population under random mating:
Allele frequencies in the offspring, denoted asp and q, are the same as those in the parental generation. Genotype frequencies in the offspring will follow the ratios p2:2pq:q2, regardless of the genotype frequencies in the parents.
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Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium
qP
qq2pqa
ppqp2A
aA
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Hardy-Weinberg Disequilibrium
qP
qq2+dpq-da
ppq-dp2+dA
aA
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Genetic Linkage
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Genetic Markers
ClassicalMendelian DisordersBlood groupsHLA Antigens
Molecular geneticMicrosatellites (e.g. CACACA… )Single-nucleotide polymorphisms (e.g. C/T)
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High-Throughput GenotypingExtreme multiplexing (multiple markers)DNA Pooling (multiple samples)
Maximum throughput of SEQUENOM system at the HKU Genome Research Centre is 100,000 genotypes / day, at a cost of US$ 0.2 per genotype
Cost of genotyping set to decrease further – eventually enabling whole-genome association studies to be done.
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Linkage = Co-segregation
A2A4
A3A4
A1A3
A1A2
A2A3
A1A2 A1A4 A3A4 A3A2
Marker allele A1cosegregates withdominant disease
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Crossing-over in meiosis
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Recombination
A1
A2
Q1
Q2
A1
A2
Q1
Q2
A1
A2 Q1
Q2
Likely gametes(Non-recombinants)
Unlikely gametes(Recombinants)
Parental genotypes
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Recombination fraction
Recombination fraction between two loci
= Proportion of gametes that are recombinant with respect to the two loci
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Double Backcross :Fully Informative Gametes
AaBb aabb
AABB aabb
AaBb aabb Aabb aaBb
Non-recombinant Recombinant
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Haplotypes
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Haplotypes
Paternalhaplotype
Maternalhaplotype
Genotype
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RecombinationParental haplotypes
Non-recombinants Single recombinants Double recombinants
Possible transmitted haplotypes
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Linkage Equilibrium
sr
qqsqra
ppsprA
bB
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Linkage Disequilibrium (LD)
Sr
qqs+dqr-da
pps-dpr+dA
bB
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Decay of LD
Gametes
1-θ θ
Non-recombinant Recombinant
pq+d 1-pq-d pq 1-pq
AB Others AB Others
Frequency of AB gametes = (1-θ)(pq+d)+θpq = pq+(1-θ)d
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Single-Gene Disorders: Some Historical Landmarks
1902: First identified single-gene disorder -alkaptonuria1956: First identified disease-causing amino acid change: sickle-cell anaemia1961: First screening program: phenylketonuria1983: First mapped to chromosomal location: Huntington’s disease1986: First positionally cloned - chronic granulomatous disease, Duchenne muscular dystrophy1987: First autosomal recessive disease cloned –cystic fibrosis
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Types of Genetic DiseaseMendelian diseases
e.g. Huntington’s disease, cystic fibrosisA genetic mutation causes the diseaseEnvironmental variation usually irrelevant Usually rareOccurs in isolated pedigrees
Multifactorial diseasese.g. Coronary heart disease, hypertension, schizophreniaA genetic variant increases the risk of diseaseEnvironmental variation usually importantOften commonOccurs in general population
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Genetic Study Designs
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Family StudiesCase – Control Family Design
Compares risk in relatives of case and controls
Some terminologyProbandSecondary caseLifetime risk / expectancy (morbid risk)
Problem: Familial aggregation can be due to shared family environment as well as shared genes
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Family Studies: Schizophrenia
13Children
9Siblings
6Parents
6Half siblings
5Grandchildren
4Nephews/Nieces
2Uncles/Aunts
2First cousins
1Unrelated
Lifetime Risk of Schizophrenia (%)Relationship to Proband
From: Psychiatric Genetics and Genomics. MuGuffin, Owen & Gottesman, 2002
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Twin StudiesStudies risk of disease (concordance rates) in cotwins of
affected MZ and DZ Twin
Under the equal environment assumption, higher MZ than DZ concordance rate implies genetic factors
Problems:Validity of equal environment assumptionGeneralizability of twins to singletons
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Twin Studies: Schizophrenia
48Monozygotic (MZ)
17Dizygotic (DZ)
Concordance (%)Zygosity
From: Psychiatric Genetics and Genomics. MuGuffin, Owen & Gottesman, 2002
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Adoption StudiesAdoptees’ method compares
Adoptees with an affected parentAdoptees with normal parents
Adoptee’s family method comparesBiological relatives of adopteesAdoptive relatives of adoptees
Problems:Adoption correlated with ill-health/psychopathology in parentsAdoptive parents often rigorously screened
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Adoption Studies: Schizophrenia
2Control parents
8Schizophrenic parents
Risk of Schizophrenia (%)Adoptees of
From: Finnish Adoption Study, as summarised in Psychiatric Genetics and Genomics. MuGuffin, Owen & Gottesman, 2002
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Quantitative Genetics
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Quantitative Genetics
Examples of quantitative traitsBlood Pressure (BP)Body Mass Index (BMI)Blood Cholesterol LevelGeneral Intelligence (G)
Many quantitative traits are relevant to health and disease
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Quantitative Traits
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Central Limit Theorem → Normal Distribution
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Continuous Variation
µ µ +1.96σµ -1.96σ
2.5%2.5%
95% probability
),(~ 2σµNX
Normal distributionMean µ, variance σ2
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Bivariate normal
-3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3
0.30.40.5
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Familial Covariation
Relative 1
Relative 2
),(~ ΣµNXBivariate normal disttribution
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Correlation due to Shared Factors
Francis Galton: Two Journeys starting at same time
Denmark Hill VictoriaPaddington
Brixton
A B
C
Journey Times: A+B and A+C
Shared A Covariance Correlation
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Shared Genes
AB CD
AC AD
Gene A is shared:= Identity-By-Descent (IBD)
⇒ Shared Phenotypic Effects
At any chromosomal location, two individuals can share 0, 1 or 2 alleles.
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Identity by Descent (IBD)Two alleles are IBD if they are descended from and replicates of the same ancestral allele
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IBD: Parent-Offspring
AB CD
AC
If the parents are unrelated, then parent-offspring pairs always share 1 allele IBD
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IBD: MZ Twins
AB CD
AC
MZ twins always share 2 alleles IBD
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IBD: Half Sibs
AB CD
AC
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IBD Sharing Probability
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IBD: Full Sibs
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IBD of paternal alleles
IBD of maternal alleles
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IBD: Full Sibs
IBD Sharing Probability
0 1/4
1 1/2
2 1/4
Average IBD sharing = 1
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Genetic Relationships
Φ (kinship coefficient): Probability of IBD between two alleles drawnat random, one from each individual, at the same locus.
∆: Probability that both alleles at the same locus are IBD
Relationship Φ ∆
MZ twins 0.5 1Parent-offspring 0.25 0Full sibs 0.25 0.25Half sibs 0.125 0
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Proportion of Alleles IBD (π)
Relatiobship Φ E(π) Var(π)
MZ 0.5 1 0Parent-Offspring 0.25 0.5 0Full sibs 0.25 0.5 0.125Half sibs 0.125 0.25 0.0625
Most relationships demonstrate variation in π across the chromosomes
Proportion of alleles IBD = Number of alleles IBD / 2
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Genetic Relationship & Genetic Sharing
Type of Relationship Average Genetic SharingMZ Twins 1Parent - offspring 0.5Full sibs (including DZ Twins) 0.5Half Sibs 0.25Aunt/Uncle – Nephew/Niece 0.25First Cousins 0.125
If genetic factors are involved in a disease, then the closer the relationship, the greater the similarity in disease status
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Classical Twin AnalysisMZ Twins DZ Twins
Average genetic sharing 100% 50%
Phenotypic correlation
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Geneticinfluences
No genetic influences
Note: Equal Environment Assumption
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PT1
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ACE Model for twin data
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Implied covariance matrices
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⇒ Difference between MZ and DZ covariance ~ Genetic Variance / 2
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Heritability
Is proportion of phenotypic variance due to genetic factorsIs population-specificMay change with changes in the environmentA high heritability does not preclude effective prevention or interventionMost human traits have heritability of 30% –90%
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Liability-Threshold Models
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Single Major Locus (SML) Model
Genotype Phenotypef2AA
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Disease
Normal
f1
f0
1- f2
1- f1
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“Penetrance parameters”
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Liability-Threshold Model
Affected individuals
Threshold Liability
Normal individuals
Population distribution of liability to disease
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Liability-threshold model
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General population
Relatives of probands
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Threshold Model with SML
f(X)
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Quantitative Trait Linkgage
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QTL Linkage Analysis
Local genetic sharing 2 1
Phenotypic correlation
Linkage
No linkage
0
DZ Twins / Sibling Pairs
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P1
Q1A1E1
P2
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QTL linkage model for sib pairs
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Exercise
From the path diagram write down the implied covariance matrices for sib pairs with proportion IBD sharing of 0, 0.5 and 1.
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Quantitative Association
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Allelic Association
disease susceptibility allele is more frequent in cases than in controls
Controls Cases
Example: Apolipoprotein E ε4 allele increases susceptibility to Alzheimer’s disease
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Analysis of Means
AA Aa aa
No association
Association
Phenotype
Genotype
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Causes of association
Direct: allele increases risk of disease
Indirect: allele associated with a risk-increasing allele through tight linkage
“Spurious”: allele associated with disease through confounding variable (e.g. population substructure).
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Haplotype associationMutational event on ancestral chromosome
Multiple generations
Present mutation-bearing chromosomes with variable preserved region
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Complex Disorders:Some Historical Landmarks
1875: Use of twins to disentangle nature from nurture (Galton)1918: Polygenic model proposed to reconcile quantitative and Mendelian genetics (Fisher)1965: Liability-threshold model postulated for common congenital malformations (Carter)1960’s: Association between blood groups and HLA antigens with disease1990’s: Identification of APOE-e4 as a susceptibility allele for dementia 2000’s: International HapMap Project
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of the Behavior Genetic Association.