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Record Nr.

UNINA9910787494803321

Autore

Moore David Scott <1960->

Titolo

The developing genome : an introduction to behavioral epigenetics / / David S. Moore

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

0-19-061376-9

0-19-067565-9

0-19-992235-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (321 p.)

Disciplina

155.7

571.8/5

Soggetti

Epigenetics

Genetics

Heredity

Genomes

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; The Developing Genome; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Part I; 1 Context; 2 Phenotypes; 3 Development; 4 DNA; 5 Zooming in on DNA; 6 Regulation; 7 Zooming in on Regulation; Part II; 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; 17 Inheritance; 18 Multiplicity; 19 Evidence; 20 Grandparents; Part IV; 21 Caution; 22 Hope; 23 Conclusions; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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 be a household word in the near future. Behavioral



epigenetics is important because it explains how our experience