Wecome to Cognition, Genetics and Evolution
maintained by John Fossella, Ph.D.
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Lab of Neurobiology and Behavior at Rockefeller University
Sackler Institute of Developmental Psychobiology at WMC Cornell University
What forms of cognitive processing are unique to humans ? to primates ? to mammals ?
How much do genetic factors influence these forms of cognitive processing ?
How do genetic (and environmental) factors shape the development and physiology of neural networks ?
Can phylogenetics be used to reconstruct the evolution of cognitive ability ?
What forces drive the evolution of cognitive ability ?
Genetics Links
Best Public Human Genome Browser
Best Public Mouse Genome Browser
Search Mouse Knockout Phenotypes
Search Human Genome Variation (SNPs)
American Society of Human Genetics
International Mammalian Genome Society
Kenneth Kidd's Database at Yale University School of Medicine
visit my Genetics of Attention Homepage
Bioethical Issues Concerning Genetic Studies
National Bioethics Advisory Commission
NIH Office of Human Subjects Protection
Secretary's Advisory Committee on Genetic Testing
NHGRI Ethical Legal and Social Issues
Cognitive Neuroscience Links
Sackler Institute for Developmental Psychobiology
University of Oregon Psychology Dept.
Cognitive Neuroscience Society
Human Origins and Evolution Links
Smithsonian Human Origins Program
Indiana University Human Origins
thought provoking findings ....
Deficits in language acquisition show strong sexual dimorphisms
Publications of interest
Cognitive neuroscience. PubMed.
Attention, self-regulation and consciousness. PubMed.
Attention: the mechanisms of consciousness. PubMed.
Genetics and visual attention. PubMed.
Hormones, genes and the structure of sexual arousal. Pubmed.
Abolition of male sexual behaviors in mice lacking estrogen receptors alpha and beta (alpha beta ERKO). PubMed.
The two thyroid hormone receptor genes have opposite effects on estrogen-stimulated sex behaviors. PubMed.
Behavior predicts genes structure in a wild primate group. Pubmed.
Cross-species amplification, non-invasive genotyping, and non-Mendelian inheritance of human STRPs in Savannah baboons. PubMed.
Genomic imprinting, sex-biased dispersal, and social behavior. PubMed.
My Publications (OK, not so interesting yet...)
Genetic and epigenetic incompatibilities underlie hybrid dysgenesis in Peromyscus. Pub Med.
An axonemal dynein at the Hybrid Sterility 6 locus: implications for t haplotype-specific male sterility and the evolution of species barriers. Pub Med.
Mapping and cloning recombinant breakpoints demarcating the hybrid sterility 6-specific sperm tail assembly defect. PubMed.
Alpha-DNA, a single-stranded secondary structure stabilized by ionic and hydrogen bonds: d(A(+)-G)n. PubMed.
Molecular and thermodynamic properties of d(A(+)-G)10, a single-stranded nucleic acid helix without paired or stacked bases. PubMed.
Relative specificities in binding of Watson-Crick base pairs by third strand residues in a DNA pyrimidine triplex motif. PubMed.
If you would like to participate or collaborate in our studies on the genetics of attention,
please visit my Genetics of Attention page,
or contact our human subjects coordinator at the
