More than genes : what science can tell us about toxic chemicals, development, and the risk to our children / Dan Agin.
TITLE:
More than genes : what science can tell us about toxic chemicals, development, and the risk to our children / Dan Agin.
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Publication Date:
2010
Publication Information:
Oxford, U.K. ; New York : Oxford University Press,
Physical Description:
402 p.
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
We are all shaped by our genetic inheritance and by the environment we live in. Indeed, the argument about which of these two forces, nature or nurture, predominates has been raging for decades. But what about our very first environment--the prenatal world where we exist for nine monthsbetween conception and birth and where we are more vulnerable than at any other point in our lives? In More Than Genes, Dan Agin marshals new scientific evidence to argue that the fetal environment can be just as crucial as genetic hard-wiring or even later environment in determining our intelligence and behavior.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780195381504
