Keller, M. C., Medland, S. E., & Duncan, L. E. (in press). Are extended twin family designs worth the trouble? A comparison of the bias, precision, and accuracy of parameters estimated in four twin family models. Behavior Genetics. [Download PDF]

Hatemi, P. K., Medland, S. E., Keller, M. C., Martin, N. G., Hibbing, J. R., Smith, K., Alford, J. R. & Eaves L. J. (in press). Not by twins alone: Using the extended family design to investigate genetic influence on political beliefs. American Journal of Political Science

Keller, M. C., Howrigan, D. P., & Simonson, M. A. (2009). Theory and methods in evolutionary behavioral genetics. To appear in D. Buss & P. Hawley (eds.), Evolution of personality and individual differences.

Keller, M. C., McCrae, A. F., McGaughran, J. M., Visscher, P. M., Martin, N. G., & Montgomery, G. W. (2009). Non-pathological paternal isodisomy of chromosome 2 detected from a genome-wide SNP scan. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, 149, 1823-1826. [Download PDF]

Keller, M. C., Medland, S. E., Duncan, L. E., Hatemi, P. K., Neale, M. C., Maes, H. H. M., & Eaves, L. J. (2009). Modeling extended twin family data I: Description of the Cascade model. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 29, 8-18.[Download PDF][Full Cascade Algebra][Path Diagram]

Medland, S. E., & Keller, M. C. (2009). Modeling extended twin family data II: Power associated with different family structures. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 29, 19-25.[Download PDF][Mx Cascade Script]

Maes, H. H., Neale, M. C., Medland, S. E., Keller, M. C., Martin, N. G., Heath, A. C., & Eaves, L. J. (2009). Flexible Mx specifications of various extended twin kinship designs. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 26-34.[Download PDF]

Keller, M. C. (2008). The evolutionary persistence of genes that increase mental disorder risk. Current Directions of Psychological Science, 17, 395-399. [Download PDF]

Zietsch, B. P., Morley, K. I., Shekar, S. N., Verweij, K. J. H., Keller, M. C., Macgregor, S., Wright, M. J., Bailey, J. M., & Martin, N. G. (2008). Genetic factors predisposing to homosexuality may increase mating success in heterosexuals. Evolution and Human Behavior, 29, 424-433.[Download PDF]

Medland, S. E., Loehlin, J. C., Willemsen, G., Hatemi, P. K., Keller, M. C., Boomsma, D. I., Eaves, L. J., & Martin, N. G. (2008). Males do not reduce the fitness of their female co-twins in contemporary samples. Data from Australia, the Netherlands, and the United States. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 11, 481-487. [Download PDF]

Keller, M. C. (2008). Problems with the imprinting hypothesis of schizophrenia and autism [Commentary]. Brain and Behavioral Sciences, 31, 241-320. [Download PDF]

Keller, M. C. (2008). An evolutionary genetic framework for heritable disorders. Encyclopedia of Life Sciences (ELS). John Wiley & Sons Ltd: Chicester. [Download PDF]

Keller, M. C. (2008). Dr. Keller replies [Response to Letter], American Journal of Psychiatry, 165, 533-534. [Download PDF]

Ybarra, O., Burnstein, E., Winkielman, P., Keller, M. C., Manis, M., Chan, E., & Rodriguez, J. (2008). Mental exercising through simple socializing: Social interaction promotes general cognitive functioning. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 34, 248-259. [Download PDF]

Keller, M. C., Neale, M. C., & Kendler, K. S. (2007). Different negative life events are associated with different patterns of depressive symptoms. American Journal of Psychiatry, 164, 1521-1529. [Download ALE Coding Book][Download PDF][Selected by the editors as a notable paper of 2007].

Keller, M. C. (2007). The role of mutations in human mating. In G. Geher & G. Miller (Eds.), Mating intelligence: Theoretical, experimental, and differential perspectives. Lawrence Erlbaum: Mahwah, NJ. [Download PDF]

Keller, M. C. (2007). Standards of evidence in the nascent field of evolutionary behavioral genetics [Commentary]. European Journal of Personality, 21, 608-610.[Download PDF]

Ybarra, O., Keller, M. C., Chan, E., Baron, A. S., Hutsler, J., Garcia, S. M., Sanchez-Burks, J., & Morrison, K. R. (2007). The social prediction dynamic: A legacy of cognition and mixed motives. In J. P. Forgas, M. G. Haselton, & W. von Hippel (Eds.), Evolution and the Social Mind. Psychology Press: New York. [PDF available soon]

Keller, M. C., & Miller, G. F. (2006). Resolving the paradox of common, harmful, heritable mental disorders: Which evolutionary genetic models work best? Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 29, 385-452. [Download PDF: Target Article + Comments + Response][One of 7 Editor’s Choice Article in last 4 years].

Keller, M. C., & Miller, G. F. (2006). An evolutionary framework for mental disorders: Integrating adaptationist and evolutionary genetic models. [Response to commentaries]. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 29, 429-441. [For PDF, see reference immediately above]

Keller, M. C., & Nesse, R. M. (2006). The evolutionary significance of depressive symptoms: Different life events lead to different depressive symptom patterns. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 91, 316-330. [Download PDF]

Cannon, T., & Keller, M. C. (2006). Endophenotypes in the genetic analyses of mental disorders. Annual Review of Clinical Psychology, 2, 267-290. [Download PDF]

Keller, M. C., Coventry, W. L., Heath, A. C., & Martin, N. G. (2005). Widespread evidence for non-additive genetic variation in the Cloninger and Eysenck personality dimensions using a twin plus sibling design. Behavior Genetics, 35, 707-721. [Download PDF]

Keller, M. C., Fredrickson, B. L., Ybarra, O., Cote, S., Johnson, K., Mikels, J., Conway, A., & Wager, T. (2005). A warm heart and a clear head: The contingent effects of weather on human mood and cognition. Psychological Science, 16, 724-731. [Download PDF ]

Keller, M. C. & Coventry, W. L. (2005). Quantifying and addressing parameter indeterminacy in the classical twin design. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 8, 201-213. [Download PDF]

Coventry, W. L. & Keller, M. C. (2005). Estimating the extent of parameter bias in the classical twin design: A comparison of parameter estimates from the extended twin-family and classical twin designs. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 8, 214-223. [Download PDF]

Wager, T., Keller, M. C., Jonides, J., Smith, O., & Lacey, S. (2005). Increased sensitivity in neuroimaging analyses using robust regression. NeuroImage, 26, 99-113. [Download PDF]

Keller, M. C., & Nesse, R. M. (2005). Is low mood an adaptation? Evidence for subtypes with symptoms that match precipitants. Journal of Affective Disorders, 86, 27-35. [Download PDF]

Keller, M. C. (2004) Evolutionary explanations of schizophrenia must ultimately explain the genes that predispose to it [Commentary]. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 27, 861-862. [Download PDF]

Keller, M. C., Nesse, R. M., & Hofferth, S. (2001). The Trivers-Willard effect in parental investment: No effect in the contemporary U.S. Evolution and Human Behavior, 22, 343-360. [Download PDF]

Keller, M. C., Thiessen, D. T., & Young, R. K. (1996). Mate assortment in dating and married couples. Personality and Individual Differences, 21, 217-221. [Download PDF]

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Laird, K., Kleemeyer, C., Salehi, A., Lisha, N., Brandick, C., Chan, C., Demps, K., & Su, J. Evidence for Evolution. Edited by K. Laird & M. Keller. [This paper was written by undergraduate students in Psychology 188A, spring 2005, as a group project using the “Jigsaw Classroom” model. Download PDF].