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The Developing Genome

The Developing Genome

An Introduction to Behavioral Epigenetics

9780190675653
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Why do we grow up to look, act, and feel as we do? Through most of the twentieth century, scientists and laypeople answered this question by referring to two factors alone:: our experiences and our genes. But recent discoveries about how genes work have revealed a new way to understand the developmental origins of our characteristics. These discoveries have emerged from the new science of behavioral epigenetics-and just as the whole world has now heard of DNA, epigenetics will bea household word in the near future. Behavioral epigenetics is important because it explains how our experiences get under our skin and influence the activity of our genes. Because of breakthroughs in this field, we now know that the genes were born with dont determine if well end up easily stressed, likely to fall ill with cancer, or possessed of a powerful intellect. Instead, what matters is what our genes do. And because research in behavioral epigenetics has shown that our experiences influence how our genesfunction, this work has changed how scientists think about nature, nurture, and human development. Diets, environmental toxins, parenting styles, and other environmental factors all influence genetic activity through epigenetic mechanisms; this discovery has the potential to alter how doctors treat diseases, and tochange how mental health professionals treat conditions from schizophrenia to post-traumatic stress disorder. These advances could also force a reworking of the theory of evolution that dominated twentieth-century biology, and even change how we think about human nature itself. In spite of the importance of this research, behavioral epigenetics is still relatively unknown to non-biologists. The Developing Genome is an introduction to this exciting new discipline; it will allow readers without a background in biology to learn about this work and its revolutionary implications.
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OUP USA
87978
9780190675653
9780190675653

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Publication date
2017
Issue number
1
Cover
paperback
Pages count
320
Dimensions (mm)
156 x 234
Weight (g)
476
  • Part I: Whats the Big Deal? Getting Up to Speed; 1. Context; 2. Phenotypes; 3. Development; 4. DNA; 5. Zooming in on DNA; 6. Regulation; 7. Zooming in on Regulation; Part II: What Do We Know?; 8. Epigenetics; 9. Zooming in on Epigenetics; 10. Experience; 11. Zooming in on Experience; 12. Primates; 13. Memory; 14. Zooming in on Memory; 15. Nutrition; 16. Zooming in on Nutrition; Part III: The Meanings and Mechanics of Inheritance; 17. Inheritance; 18. Multiplicity; 19. Evidence; 20. Grandparents; Part IV: Implications; 21. Caution; 22. Hope; 23. Conclusions; Acknowledgments; Notes; References; Index;
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