Dear Dee,

Our research on aggressive versus non-aggressive mice, compared to those from the normal swiss albino Mus Musculus L. strain,  shows that this kind of behavioral predisposition has a genetic basis. We bred more than 50 selections of this kind of behavior. Also our breeding research on thigmotaxis in the open field revealed that this anxiety-related behavior has a genetic predisposition.

Here you have a paper where personality/behavior has a genetic basis:

Twenty-three generations of mice bidirectionally selected for open-field thigmotaxis: selection response and repeated exposure to the open field.

Also our aggressive/nonaggressive strain is genetically selected.

from a clinical perspective there is a common understanding that personalities are mind-frames that develop based on the ability to learn how to understand ones environment. Behaviour's however, are not just personality, but still have a lot to do with temperament, which as far as i can recall has a strong genetic link.

I presume searching for genetic profiling of temperament or anger would be an easier find, than attempting to find a genetic link on personality types.

Hi Dee

Below just an excerpt of some literature I collected about this topic:

Beaver, #160, & M., K. (2011). The Effects of Genetics, the Environment, and Low Self-Control on Perceived Maternal and Paternal Socialization: Results from a Longitudinal Sample of Twins (Vol. 27). Heidelberg, ALLEMAGNE: Springer.

Beaver, K. M. (2010). Environmental Moderators of Genetic Influences on Adolescent Delinquent Involvement and Victimization. Journal of Adolescent Research.

Beaver, K. M. (2011). The Effects of Genetics, the Environment, and Low Self-Control on Perceived Maternal and Paternal Socialization: Results from a Longitudinal Sample of Twins. Journal of Quantitative Criminology, 27(1), 85-105.

Beaver, K. M., DeLisi, M., Wright, J. P., & Vaughn, M. G. (2009). Gene-Environment Interplay and Delinquent Involvement: Evidence of Direct, Indirect, and Interactive Effects. Journal of Adolescent Research, 24(2), 147-168.

Beaver, K. M., Eagle Schutt, J., Boutwell, B. B., Ratchford, M., Roberts, K., & Barnes, J. C. (2009). Genetic and Environmental Influences on Levels of Self-Control and Delinquent Peer Affiliation Results from a Longitudinal Sample of Adolescent Twins. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 36(1), 41-60.

Belsky, J., & Beaver, K. M. (2011). Cumulative-genetic plasticity, parenting and adolescent self-regulation. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 52(5), 619-626.

Bouchard, T. J. J., & Loehlin, J. C. (2001). Genes, Evolution, and Personality. Behavior Genetics, 31(3), 243-273.

DeLisi, M., Wright, J. P., Vaughn, M. G., & Beaver, K. M. Nature and Nurture by Definition Means Both: A Response to Males. Journal of Adolescent Research, 25(1), 24-30.

Jang, K. L., Livesley, W. J., & Vernon, P. A. (1996). Heritability of the big five personality dimensions and their facets: a twin study. Journal of Personality, 64(3), 577-591.

Krueger, R. F., Markon, K. E., & Bouchard Jr, T. J. (2003). The Extended Genotype: The Heritability of Personality Accounts for the Heritability of Recalled Family Environments in Twins Reared Apart. Journal of Personality, 71(5), 809-833.

Krueger, R. F., South, S., Johnson, W., & Iacono, W. (2008). The Heritability of Personality is not Always 50%: Gene-Environment Interactions and Correlations between Personality and Parenting. Journal of personality, 76(6), 1485-1521.

Markon, K. E., Krueger, R. F., Bouchard, T. J., Jr., & Gottesman, I. I. (2002). Normal and abnormal personality traits: evidence for genetic and environmental relationships in the Minnesota Study of Twins Reared Apart. Journal of Personality, 70(5), 661-693.

Ratchford, M., & Beaver, K. M. (2009). Neuropsychological Deficits, Low Self-Control, and Delinquent Involvement: Toward a Biosocial Explanation of Delinquency. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 36(2), 147-162.

Riemann, R., Angleitner, A., & Strelau, J. (1997). Genetic and Environmental Influences on Personality: A Study of Twins Reared Together Using the Self- and Peer Report NEO-FFI Scales. Journal of Personality, 65(3), 449-475.

Slutske, W. S., Eisen, S., Xian, H., True, W. R., Lyons, M. J., Goldberg, J., et al. (2001). A twin study of the association between pathological gambling and antisocial personality disorder. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 110(2), 297-308.

Soldz, S., & Vaillant, G. E. (1999). The big five personality traits and the life course: A 45-year longitudinal study. Journal of Research in Personality, 33, 208-232.

Spinath, F. M., & O'Connor, T. G. (2003). A behavioral genetic study of the overlap between personality and parenting. Journal of Personality, 71(5), 785-808.

Wright, J., Beaver, K., Delisi, M., & Vaughn, M. (2008). Evidence of Negligible Parenting Influences on Self‐Control, Delinquent Peers, and Delinquency in a Sample of Twins. Justice Quarterly, 25(3), 544-569.

Thank you all!

Dee