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To honor Steven G. Vandenberg on the occasion of his retirement from the University of Colorado, a symposium on multivariate behavioral genetics and development was held on May 2–4, 1985. The focus of this symposium was recent advances in multivariate behavioral genetics and their importance for the analysis of developmental phenomena. Because of Vandenberg's role in foundingBehavior Genetics, as well as the subject's relevance, the organizers of this symposium elected to publish its proceedings as a special issue of this journal. The history of multivariate behavioral genetics is outlined in this introductory paper, and a synopsis of the other papers in the issue is presented.
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Supported in part by grants from the NICHD (HD-10333) and the MacArthur Research Network on the Transition from Infancy to Early Childhood.
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DeFries, J.C., Fulker, D.W. Multivariate behavioral genetics and development: An overview. Behav Genet 16, 1–10 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01065475
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