Environment Quote by Robert M. Sapolsky

The environment can actually affect gene expression.

— Michael Marmot

“In other words, the more genomically complex the organism, the larger the percentage of the genome devoted to gene regulation by the environment.”

— Robert M. Sapolsky

“Thus transcription factors regulate genes. What regulates transcription factors? The answer devastates the concept of genetic determinism: the environment.”

— Robert M. Sapolsky

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

— Siddhartha Mukherjee

“Thus, for our purposes, genes aren’t about inevitability. Instead they’re about context-dependent tendencies, propensities, potentials, and vulnerabilities. All embedded in the fabric of the…

— Robert M. Sapolsky

If you talk to geneticists they are constantly finding that your genes are being switched on and off because of the environment. Genes alone…

— Jeffrey Eugenides

Just like a single cell, the character of our lives is determined not by our genes but by our responses to the environmental signals…

— Bruce H. Lipton

When we talk about genes for anything, like a gene for being gay or a gene for being aggressive or something of that sort,…

— Richard Dawkins

“This exciting new field of epigenetics--meaning literally "around" the gene--allows us to see how environmental factors alter our gene expression in a specific place…

— Woodson Merrell

Genes are rarely about inevitability, especially when it comes to humans, the brain, or behavior. They're about vulnerability, propensities, tendencies.

— Robert M. Sapolsky

“There’s no doubt that your genes contain very important information, but 65% of the influence can be attributed to the environment and your lifestyle…

— Thorbjörg Hafsteinsdottir

“Our habits determine the expression of our genes.”

— Adam Burch