In a new perspective article, researchers underscore the importance of integrating environmental effects into genetic research. The authors discuss how failure to do so can perpetuate deterministic ...

Research at Karlstad University shows that exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals and adverse life events during ...

Water levels, plant life, and wildlife behavior shift constantly. What looks quiet on the surface often reflects ...

Researchers from Brain Research Institute, Niigata University, Japan have revealed that environment influences social behaviors in autism. By using zebrafish that have a mutation in ube3a, a gene ...

Identical and fraternal twins can provide insight into the effects of nature and nurture on factors such as eye color, intelligence, and autism. The environment can sometimes "override" genetic ...

In a recent study published in Scientific Reports, researchers explore the association between an increase in dog bite incidents in eight cities in the United States and environmental factors such as ...

New genomic research provides strong rationale against genetic determinism for behavior. It has long been known that there is a complex interplay between genetic factors and environmental influences ...