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Mapping Risk from Genes to Behavior: The Enduring and Evolving Influence of Irving Gottesman's Endophenotype Concept.
Twin research and human genetics : the official journal of the International Society for Twin Studies - 1 Aug 2018
Dick Danielle M
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One of Irving I. Gottesman's many contributions to behavior genetics, and part of his enduring legacy, was his introduction of the term 'endophenotype' to the field of psychiatry. Gottesman argued that focusing on endophenotypes, rather than complex heterogeneous clinical diagnoses, could help elucidate disease etiology. Although a different strategy for gene identification ultimately proved successful (that of...
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