Quote by Robert M. Sapolsky

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

— Robert M. Sapolsky

“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

“reacts to us in a way that reinforces our genetic predisposition. Again, it would be an oversimplification to say that our environment influences us.…

— Chris Masi

“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

“Our habits determine the expression of our genes.”

— Adam Burch

Recently, results of the Human Genome Project have shattered one of Science's fundamental core beliefs, the concept of genetic determinism. We have been led…

— Bruce H. Lipton

“evolution can occur through sheer will. Our habits determine the expression of our genes.”

— Adam Burch

Almost always, genes are about potentials and vulnerabilities rather than about determinism.

— 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

The environment can actually affect gene expression.

— Michael Marmot

“It isn’t genes alone that determine our health destiny, but instead it’s our food and lifestyle choices. Genes do not control us, they respond…

— Anonymous

“as Gilbert Gottlieb, an eminent neuroscientist, put it, not only do genes and environment cooperate as we develop, but genes require input from the…

— Carol S. Dweck