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. 2024 Feb 27;22(2):e3002510.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3002510. eCollection 2024 Feb.

The genomic case against genetic determinism

Gene E Robinson  1   2   3 , Rina Bliss  4 , Matthew E Hudson  1   5
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The genomic case against genetic determinism

Gene E Robinson et al. PLoS Biol. .

Abstract

Animal studies reveal that the molecular wiring of the brain can be altered by heredity, the environment, and their interaction. A deeper molecular understanding of these interactions could be a potent antidote to societal concerns of genetic determinism for human behavior, but this requires a paradigm that extends beyond traditional genome-wide association study (GWAS).

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