Epigenetics : the ultimate mystery of inheritance /
Francis, Richard C.,1953-
New York : W.W. Norton,
c2011.
Discusses how scientific evidence is increasingly showing a link between the stress of the environment on an individual and the seemingly inherited traits of his or her subsequent generations.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [182]-215) and index.
What your genes are wearing -- A grandmother effect -- Directors, actors, stagehands -- What roids wrought -- The well-socialized gene -- Kentucky Fried Chicken in Bangkok -- Twigs, trees, and fruits -- What Wright wrought -- X-women -- Horses asses -- Sea urchins are not just to eat -- Pray for the devil -- The Janus gene.
Discusses how scientific evidence is increasingly showing a link between the stress of the environment on an individual and the seemingly inherited traits of his or her subsequent generations.
Genetic regulation.
Epigenesis.
Adaptation (Biology)