Acknowledgments ................................................ ix
PART I. WHAT'S THE BIG DEAL? GETTING UP TO SPEED
1 Context ...................................................... 3
2 Phenotypes .................................................. 10
3 Development ................................................. 18
4 DNA ......................................................... 24
5 Zooming in on DNA ........................................... 28
6 Regulation .................................................. 36
7 Zooming in on Regulation .................................... 44
PART II. WHAT DO WE KNOW?
8 Epigenetics ................................................. 55
9 Zooming in on Epigenetics ................................... 65
10 Experience .................................................. 75
11 Zooming in on Experience .................................... 81
12 Primates .................................................... 90
13 Memory ..................................................... 103
14 Zooming in on Memory ....................................... 115
15 Nutrition .................................................. 125
16 Zooming in on Nutrition .................................... 135
PART III. THE MEANINGS AND MECHANICS OF INHERITANCE
17 Inheritance ................................................ 145
18 Multiplicity ............................................... 156
19 Evidence ................................................... 167
20 Grandparents ............................................... 178
PART IV. IMPLICATIONS
21 Caution .................................................... 189
22 Hope ....................................................... 196
23 Conclusions ................................................ 213
Notes ......................................................... 223
References .................................................... 275
Index ......................................................... 301
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