AitcK Behavior Genetics Association Seventeenth Annual Meeting Programs and Abstracts Holiday Inn Metrodome Hotel Minneapolis, Minnesota June 24 - 27, 1987 BEHAVIOR GENETICS ASSOCIATION The purpose of the Behavior Genetics Association is to promote scientific study of the interrelationship of genetic mechanisms and behavior, both human and animal; to encourage and aid the education and training of research workers in the field of behavior genetics; and to aid in dissemination and interpretation to the general public of knowledge concerning the interrelationship of genetics and behavior, and its implications for health, human development, and education. For additional information about the Behavior Genetics' Associ- ation, please contact Prof. James R. Wilson, BGA Secretary, Institute for Behavioral Genetics, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309- 0447. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 1986-1987 President Ronald S. Wilson Peter A. Parsons President-Elect Peter A. Parsons Leonard L. Heston Past President Sandra Scarr Sandra Scarr Secretary James R. Wilson James R. Wilson Treasurer Thomas J. Bouchard, Jr. Gregory Carey Member-at-Large Vicki E. Pollock Vicki E. Pollock Member-at-Large J. H. F. van Abeelen Nicholas G. Martin Member-at-Large Pierre L. Roubertoux Pierre L. Roubertoux Previous Presidents Previous Dobzhansky Awardees Th. Dobzhansky, 1972-1973 Steven G. Vandenberg, 1977 John L. Fuller, 1973-1974 Elliot Slater, 1978 Gerald E. McClearn, 1974-1975 Ernst W. Caspari, 1979 J. P. Scott, 1975-1976 Benson E. Ginsburg, 1980 Irving I. Gottesman, 1976-1977 Sheldon C. Reed, 1981 W. R. Thompson, 1977-1978 Gardner Lindzey, 1982 Lee Ehrman, 1978-1979 Peter L. Broadhurst, 1983 V. Elving Anderson, 1979-1980 Leonard L. Heston, 1984 John C. Loehlin, 1980-1981 Nikki Erlenmeyer- Kimling, 1985 Norman D. Henderson, 1981-1982 Raymond Cattell, 1986 John C. DeFries, 1982-1983 David W. Fulker, 1983-1984 Steven G. Vandenberg, 1984-1985 Sandra Scarr, 1985-1986 GENERAL INFORMATION The 17th annual meeting of the Behavior Genetics Association will be held June 24-27, 1987, in Minneapolis. The meeting site will be the Holiday Inn Crown Plaza Metrodome Hotel located at 1500 Wash- ington Avenue South. The hotel is at the western edge of the University of Minnesota campus, just off the Mississippi river, and about 3/4 of a mile from downtown Minneapolis. It is about a 20- minute drive from the Minneapolis/St. Paul International Airport. 5 5 Taxi fares are about $15.00. The Minneapolis-Suburban Airport C Limousine Service runs between the hotel and the airport every 30 Egr, is $7.00. minutes on weekdays. The cost 1 A A Registration for the meeting will take place in the corridor fronting the hotel's Aragon Ballroom between 4:00 and 7:00 p.m. on O 5 H Wednesday, June 24. Following the keynote address scheduled to 2 y begin at 7:00 p.m., a reception (cash bar) will be held F F in the O O g O 1 Aragon Ballroom at 8:00 p.m. Contributed paper sessions will « w begin o o '2§g6 on Thursday, June 25; a (T) shown in the program schedule indicates 030 2 3 z that the paper is eligible for the Thompson Award. There will be a .2 2 a a a poster session on Friday morning at 11:30 in Aragon I. 4. 2 V L M 2 M 0 f 2 ° o <ow . LdJ The annual banquet at 7:00 p.m. on Friday, June 26, will be held 0 in 5 the Aragon Ballroom of the Holiday Inn Crown Plaza Metrodome Hotel; Lic3c 4 i 4 1 cost of the banquet for non-members of the Association will be $25.00. The banquet will be preceded by a cocktail hour (cash bar) beginning at 6:00 p.m. in the Ballroom. t 2 hotel, there are some lL1 Within a few hundred yards of the half dozen 2 2 I- small theaters featuring live performances (including the Dudley 0 Y" 5 5'5'5 . c Riggs Workshop), twice that number of good small restaurants offer- o °gg t° g8 ing a variety of ethnic and American menus, and an interesting S StS2 v a siigiAs ii sg:_. g - >ss0 district of small shops. The Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome is about ts, 5 - - a 10-minute walk away. The Minnesota Twins have arranged night itikiik t1R L71kitkE ct games with Cleveland throughout the period of our meeting. Prepare 'LLZ,gwwg. for perfect weather, day and evening (except for possible afternoon thunderstorms). t"-eg 5 555 g g Housing and travel information has been mailed to members of the Association by the Secretary. More housing forms are included with rg O -SIgg E= this mailing. The local host is Leonard L. Heston [phone: SSE 55E555E5 555555EEE5E5 J3 5E5E 612/626-6609]. Please feel free to contact him or Cheryl Jones, 'T F t FFFFF2< 2FF2F 2F2F2 Department of Professional Development and Conference Services « [phone: 612/625-9516], if any problems arise regarding local E E E E E 6 6 arrangements. E 6 6 E 6 6 6 E 6 6 i 6 6 6 6 E E gg aaa a W M w A aaa 6. O. m m -mmm The Association is most appreciative of financial support from Eli mmmm,-m, M M O O m momm ZZO O M ;. iOZ 0 0^ M ;.; Lilly and Company, Sandoz Pharmaceutical Corporation, Roerig Phar- r;; maceuticals, and SmithKline Bio-Science Laboratories. PROGRAM Wednesday Afternoon and Evening, June 24 3:30-7:00 Registration. Aragon Ballroom. to be announced at registration]. 4:00 Executive Committee Meeting [location [location to be announced at registration]. 4:30 Informal Meeting of Associate Members Ballroom. 7:00 Keynote Address. Aragon and Genetics, University of Washington Arno G. Motulsky, M.D., Professor of ledicine Future and Potential Societal Impact" "Behavior Genetics in Humans--Its Scientific Introduction by Leonard L. Heston. Ballroom. 8:00 Reception (cash bar). Aragon Thursday Morning, June 25 Behavior Paper Session (Aragon II). Rodent Symposium (Aragon I). Molecular Methods. Genetics 1. CHAIR: S.S. Panter. CHAIR: V.E. Anderson laterality Watching one paw clap: Behavioral the symposium were not yet 8:15 8:15 [Arrangements for female Binghamton HET mice. R.G. was prepared. The in male and complete when this program S. Doring & P.J. Dono- paper will Burright, G. Schreer, names of participants and titles of be announced vick. be included as an addendum or will at registration.] White gene on 8:30 Effects of the Microphthalmic in mice. audiogenic seizure susceptibility D.J. Nash & R.S. Ackley. aging in mice: 8:45 Behavior-genetic analysis and S. Preliminary results. Ch. Cohen-Salmon, Binet, L. Lhotelier & J.L. Mogenet. Thursday Morning, June 25 (continued) Symposium (continued). Paper Session (continued). 9:00 The effects of psychosocial stress on birth outcome. N.J. Jackson, G.A. Harshfield, Q. Chong-Guang, J.P. Henry, T.J. Opgenorth & C.E. Grim. 9:15 Variation of spatial knowledge in Mus musculus: Maternal and genetic effects. J.M. Lasalle, B. Bulman-Fleming & D. Wahlsten. 9:30 Effect of the strain of the opponent on attacking behavior in NZB. M. Nosten, M.H. Francois & P.L. Roubertoux. 9:45 Attention in appetitively motivated discrimina- tion learning in inbred rats. S. Kerbusch, T. Vendrik & J. Vossen. 10:00 COFFEE BREAK 10:30 Symposium (continued). Paper Session (Aragon II). Rodent Behavior Genetics 2. CHAIR: F.R. George. 10:30 A mechanistic and genetic analysis of spatial learning in mice. M. Upchurch & J.M. Wehner. 10:45 Inbred strain analysis of circadian rhythms in the golden hamster. M.M. Hotz & F.W. Turek. (T) 11:00 Genetic differences in susceptibility to iron- or hemoglobin-dependent tissue damage. S.R. Sundby & S.S. Panter. Thursday Morning, June 25 (continued) Symposium (continued). Paper Session (continued). 11:15 Differential effect of infantile handling on tyrosine hydroxylase in three inbred murine strains. B.C. Jones, J. Reyes, R. Vega, E. Reyes & J.M. Masserano. 11:30 The cytoplasm and the uterine environment (singly or in interaction with the genotype) affect rate of preweaning development in mice. M. Nosten. 11:45 Can behavioral strategies depend upon a single mutant gene in mice? J-M. Guastavino, G. Goodall & A. Ly. 12:00 LUNCH BREAK Thursday Afternoon, June 25 President's Symposium (Aragon I). Behavior Paper Session (Aragon II). Human Psychometric Genetics and Evolutionary Processes. CO-CHAIRS: Traits. CHAIR: T.J. Bouchard, Jr. P.A. Parsons & L. Ehrman. 1:15 INTRODUCTION 1:30 The heritability of measures of speed of infor- mation processing. P.A. Vernon. Peter A. Parsons, Dept. of Genetics, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Australia. 1:45 Sex differences in spatial ability in children. K.A. Kerns, A.D. Fernando, M. Rosenblatt & S.A. Berenbaum. (T) Thursday Afternoon, June 25 (continued) Symposium (continued). Paper Session (continued). DROSOPHILA 1:25 "Reproductive Behavior in Drosophila: A Com- plementary 2:00 Genetic variations in motor Molecular, Biochemical, Physiologi- and cognitive cal, patterns associated with reading and Behavioral Approach." disabilities- - Diagnosis and remediation. R.A. Young. Rollin (T) C. Richmond, Dept. of Biology, Indi- ana University, Bloomington. 2:15 Spatial ability and fluent expression: Are they reciprocally "Territoriality in Drosophila." related? M. Zimowski & R.D. Bock. Ary A. Hoffmann, Dept. of Genetics, La 2:30 Infant Trobe University, predictors of adult IQ: Preliminary Bundoora, Australia. results from the Colorado Infant Twin Project. L.A. Thompson, K. Phillips, "Larval Behavior in Drosophila." D.W. Fulker & R. Plomin. (T) Marla B. Sokolowski, Dept. of Biology, York 2:45 Is extraversion a unitary trait? University, Downsview, Ontario, Canada. G. Carey. DISCUSSION 3:00 COFFEE BREAK Symposium (continued). Paper Session (Aragon II). Human Family Studies. RODENTS AND MAN CHAIR: M.