Chapter 2
Normally Occurring Environmental and Behavioral Influences on Gene Activity
From Central Dogma to Probabilistic Epigenesis
Gilbert Gottlieb,
Gilbert Gottlieb
Search for more papers by this authorGilbert Gottlieb,
Gilbert Gottlieb
Search for more papers by this authorBook Editor(s):Kathryn E. Hood, Carolyn Tucker Halpern,
Gary Greenberg, Richard M. Lerner,
Carolyn Tucker Halpern
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
Search for more papers by this authorFirst published: 13 August 2010
Summary
This chapter contains sections titled:
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Predetermined and Probabilistic Epigenesis
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The Central Dogma
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The Genome According to Central Dogma
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Normally Occurring Environmental Influences on Gene Activity
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From Central Dogma of Molecular Biology to Probabilistic Epigenesis
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Importance of Behavioral and Neural Activity in Determining Gene Expression, Anatomical Structure, and Physiological Function
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Summary and Conclusions
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References
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