Choices such as smoking or regular exercise have been suggested to lead to epigenetic changes that may be passed on from one cell to its daughter cells.
Valerie Knopik, the Ben and Maxine Miller Professor and head of the Purdue University Department of Human Development and Family Science, is the lead author of a textbook, “Behavioral Genetics,” that explores epigenetics, among other topics.
Written by: Tim Brouk, tbrouk@purdue.edu Epigenetics refers to how your behaviors and environment can cause changes that affect the way your genes work, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Unlike genetic changes or mutations, epigenetic changes are...