The Genetics of Brain Wiring: From Molecule to Mind

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Author(s): Kevin J. Mitchell

Primary Institution: Trinity College Dublin

Are behavioral differences caused by literal differences in how individuals' brains are wired?

The study highlights the complexity of mapping genotype to phenotype in relation to brain wiring and behavior.

Many psychiatric disorders originate from disturbed neurodevelopment.
Behavioral traits are heritable and correlated with brain connectivity differences.
Epistasis and stochastic variation play significant roles in brain wiring.

This study looks at how our genes affect how our brains are built and how that might make us act differently.

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