Quote by Neil Shubin

“At conception, we start as a single cell that contains all the DNA needed to build our body. The plan for that entire body…

— Neil Shubin

“With only a little imagination we can see the gene as sitting at the centre of a radiating web of extended phenotypic power.”

— Richard Dawkins

“our cells contain an epigenome that tells genes to switch on or off.”

— Deborah Kesten

Jumping genes are fundamental because they're agents of change. Everybody knows that organisms evolve. What makes them evolve is that their genes are dynamic…

— Nina Fedoroff

We know specific genes are turned on in specific cells, but we don't know to what extent this happens.

— Walter Gilbert

“We are all born with a genetic inheritance—but your genes are activated by the environment. They can be switched on, or off, by what…

— Johann Hari

“it's in the genes”

— Lois Denny

“The gene provides an organizing principle for modern biology—and it tantalizes us with the prospect of controlling our bodies and fates.”

— Siddhartha Mukherjee

The regulation of genes is often more interesting than the genes themselves, and it's the environment that regulates genes.

— Robert M. Sapolsky