Created with Sketch. Epigenetics—the science of modifications in how genes are expressed—illustrates the complex interplay between “nature” and “nurture.” An individual’s environment ...

Research on epigenetic changes resulting from the environment ... The turning on of this single gene results in an apparent freak of nature. Mice whose agouti gene is "on" are also more likely ...

The genes you get from your mother and father aren't going to necessarily limit you for the rest of your life.” In the grand nature-versus-nurture debate, epigenetics offers a surprising middle ground ...

The phrase “nature versus nurture” refers to a long-standing debate in human biology: to what extent is our behaviour shaped by our genes (nature) or by the environment in which we grow up and ...

The genes you get from your mother and father aren't going to necessarily limit you for the rest of your life.” In the grand nature-versus-nurture debate, epigenetics offers a surprising middle ground ...