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John C. DeFries(born November 26, 1934) is one of the world's leadingbehavior geneticists.His achievements include being President of theBehavior Genetics Association(1982–1983) and cofounder of the journalBehavior Genetics,as well as its co-editor (1970–1978). His awards include the Dobzhansky Award for Outstanding Research in Behavior Genetics (Behavior Genetics Association,1992), Consulting Editor of theJournal of Learning Disabilities(1987–2002) and fellowships in the International Academy for Research in Learning Disabilities,Association for Psychological Science,and theAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science,Section J (Psychology).
John C. DeFries | |
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| Born | November 26, 1934 |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign |
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| Fields | Psychology Behavior Genetics |
| Institutions | Institute for Behavioral Genetics |
His contributions include majortwinandadoption studiesofcognitive abilities,genetics of learning disabilities, and, when molecular tools became available, pioneering the use of DNA markers to locate genes that influence behavioral characters.
At theInstitute for Behavioral Geneticsat theUniversity of Colorado Boulder,DeFries established the world's first large twin study of dyslexia[1]at the Institute for Behavior Genetics in Boulder, and supervised over 17 PhD students.
Among his works are a standard text on behavior genetics and original work on behavior-genetic methodology, some of it in collaboration withDavid Fulker.[2]
DeFries' articles have been cited over 29,000 times and he has anh-indexof 87.[3]
Selected books
edit- Behavioral Genetics in the Postgenomic Era,byRobert Plomin,John C. DeFries, Ian W. Craig, and Peter McGuffin
- Behavioral GeneticsbyRobert Plomin,John C. DeFries,Gerald E. McClearnandPeter McGuffin.
References
edit- ^Wadsworth SJ, DeFries JC, Olson RK, Willcutt EG (2007) Colorado longitudinal twin study of reading disability. Annals of Dyslexia, 57(2), 139-60.
- ^Alarcon, M., Plomin, R., Fulker, D.W., Corley, R. & DeFries, J.C. (1998). Multivariate path analysis of specific cognitive abilities: data at 12 years of age in the Colorado Adoption Project.Behavior Genetics28:255-264.
- ^"John DeFries - Google Scholar Citations".scholar.google.co.uk.Retrieved2016-08-15.
External links
edit- DeFries' homepage
- John C. DeFriespublications indexed byGoogle Scholar
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