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Genes, Behavior, and the Social Environment: Moving Beyond the Nature/Nurture Debate

By Lyla M. Hernandez , Behavioral , and Genetic Factors in Health Committee on Assessing Interactions Among Social , Dan G. Blazer

Book information

Publisher
National Academies Press
Year
2006
ISBN
0309101964, 9780309101967, 9780309660457
LCC
QH457G458 2006
Open Library ID
OL10359194M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2229634 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
385\385
Topic
Biology Genetics
Library
duansci.com
Time added
2010-05-17 00:23:50

Description

For many years there has been a great deal of discussion and research as to the importance of genetics (i.e. nature) vs. upbringing (nurture) as determinants of a persons behavior. This book is a summary of that research bringing together scientists from the social, behavioral and biological sciences. In addition to the summary of existing research, the book presents a variety of suggestions how future research, transdisciplinary in nature, can contribute to the science of gene-social environment interactions and to explaining individual and population health and health disparities. One example of such interaction is a person having a genetic predisposition to lung cancer who also has the environmental factor of smoking. The identification and further understanding of such interactions may yield to breakthroughs in the treatment of these diseases. This book is published by the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies, advisors to the Nation on Science, Engineering and Medicine.

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