The Developing Genome: An Introduction to Behavioral Epigenetics

by David S. Moore

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190675659
• ISBN13: 9780190675653
• Release Date: March 2017
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.4"