Environment Quote by Woodson Merrell

“genes might control the possibilities, but epigenetics determines our destiny.”

— A.G. Riddle

The study of how substances alter gene expression is part of the field of epigenetics. Some chemical exposures appear to turn on and turn…

— Sandra Steingraber

“epigenetic marks are the remote control not only to your health and longevity but also to how you pass your genes on to future…

— David Perlmutter

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

— Deborah Kesten

We can't any longer have the conventional understanding of genetics which everybody peddles because it is increasingly obvious that epigenetics - actually things which…

— Robert Winston

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

— Siddhartha Mukherjee

“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

“Epigenetics, Waddington wrote, concerns "the interaction of genes with their environment (...) that brings their phenotype into being.”

— Siddhartha Mukherjee

“Genes determine our risk for a disease, but our lifestyle and environment can either trigger or suppress those risks.”

— John J. Ratey

“Epigenetics reveals that your body isn’t a genetically predetermined flesh robot, but is regulated by a set of gene switches that can be turned…

— Sol Luckman

The environment can actually affect gene expression.

— Michael Marmot

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

— Robert M. Sapolsky