Kids' learning and health is shaped by genes they don't inherit, as well as genes they do
- Written by Jenny Graves, Distinguished Professor of Genetics, La Trobe University
There's fresh evidence to inject into the old 'nature versus nurture' debate. dannywilson/flickr , CC BY-NC-ND
It’s a hoary old debate: how much do our genes define how we grow and learn, and how much is due to the environment? A new study by Kong and colleagues shows that parents’ genes, even those not passed on to children, have major...
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