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Nature, Nurture or Neither? The View from the Genes

Professor Steve Jones · Gresham College

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About

Many people see gene and environment as separate entities and believe that height, weight, or personality type can be sliced, rather like a cake, in a section controlled by inherited factors or nature, while others are due to differences in the environment, or nurture. In fact "heritability" (a measure much misunderstood by politicians and educationists) is more subtle than this and always involves an intimate interaction between the two, whether we are interested in height, weight, sport, or intelligence.

The talk

  1. Nature, Nurture or Neither? The View from the Genes 2015-03-25 · YouTube

Credits and licence

Institution
Gresham College
Speaker
Professor Steve Jones
Year
2015
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Biology, Medicine and health
Source
Gresham College
Licence
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