Episode 50: Science Myths and Misconceptions
The Science of Everything Podcast
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The Complexity of Genes
Genes do not determine everything about the behavior of an organism. An enormous amount for humans is determined by epigenetic inheritance. The idea that there is a gene for something, a gene for whatever, is just completely wrong. There are some medical conditions, which are determined by a single gene but very few traits.
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