ABSTRACT
Summary .................................................................................................................... 2 1.1 Introduction ...................................................................................................... 2 1.2 Preliterate and Ancient History ....................................................................... 3 1.3 Two Victorian Cousins..................................................................................... 3 1.4 The First Century of Behavior Genetics ......................................................... 4
1.4.1 1910 to 1952 ........................................................................................ 4 1.4.1.1 Fruit Flies.............................................................................. 4 1.4.1.2 Rodents ................................................................................. 4 1.4.1.3 Humans ................................................................................. 5
1.4.2 1953 to 1970 ........................................................................................ 5 1.4.2.1 Fruit Flies.............................................................................. 6 1.4.2.2 Rodents ................................................................................. 7 1.4.2.3 Dogs ...................................................................................... 7 1.4.2.4 Humans ................................................................................. 7
1.4.3 1971 to 1985 ........................................................................................ 8 1.4.3.1 Nematodes............................................................................. 8 1.4.3.2 Fruit Flies.............................................................................. 8 1.4.3.3 Rodents ................................................................................. 8 1.4.3.4 Canids ................................................................................. 10 1.4.3.5 Humans ............................................................................... 10
1.4.4 1986 to 2005 ...................................................................................... 10 1.4.4.1 Nematodes........................................................................... 10 1.4.4.2 Fruit Flies............................................................................ 11 1.4.4.3 Bees..................................................................................... 11 1.4.4.4 Rodents ............................................................................... 11 1.4.4.5 Humans ............................................................................... 12
1.5 Janus: The Past and Future of Behavior Genetics ........................................ 13 1.6 A Highly Personal Note................................................................................. 14 References................................................................................................................ 14
This is a broad brush and highly selective history of behavior genetics. I begin it long ago in prehistoric and ancient times to indicate that even then there was knowledge of and speculation about the inheritance of behavior in animals and humans. I then turn to the contributions of two Victorian cousins, Charles Darwin and Francis Galton. They set the stage for the first century of behavior genetics. I divide the history of first century of behavior genetics into four phases: 1910 to 1952, 1953 to 1970, 1971 to 1985, 1986 to 2005. Within each, I consider the history of behavior genetics by key organisms: nematodes, fruit flies, rodents, other critters, and humans. Throughout, individual contributors to behavior genetics are mentioned. I conclude with some reflections on past conceptual streams of behavior genetics, and on how these streams can and should come together in a comparative genetics of behavior.
