Roth Tania L
Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark DE.
Policy Insights Behav Brain Sci. 2017;4(2):202-209. doi: 10.1177/2372732217719091. Epub 2017 Aug 24.
Nature and nurture work together to drive development, behavior, and health. Behavioral epigenetics research has uncovered the underlying mechanisms for how this happens. Children's early years in development may offer the greatest opportunity for environmental and experiential factors to influence epigenome (chemical compounds telling our genes what to do), but evidence suggests it is never too late. The policy implications of this research are vast, including relevance for child development, health, and disease intervention and prevention.
先天因素和后天环境共同作用,推动着发育、行为和健康。行为表观遗传学研究揭示了其中的潜在机制。儿童发育的早期阶段可能为环境和经验因素影响表观基因组(告诉我们的基因该做什么的化合物)提供了最大的机会,但有证据表明,任何时候都不算晚。这项研究的政策影响广泛,包括与儿童发育、健康以及疾病干预和预防的相关性。