Article
A third source of developmental differences.
Behavior genetics - 1 Nov 1993
Molenaar P C, Boomsma D I, Dolan C V
Abstract excerpt
An illustrative list is presented of human and animal studies which each point to the existence of a third source, in addition to genetic and environmental factors, underlying phenotypic differences in development. It is argued that this third source may consist of nonlinear epigenetic processes that can create variability at all phenotypical-somatic and behavioral-levels. In a quantitative genetic analysis with...
Topics
- Animals
- Genetics, Behavioral
- Humans
- Individuality
- Models, Genetic
- Nerve Net
- Phenotype
- Social Environment