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The Social Life of Genes

By David Dobbs · Pacific Standard · September 2013
The Social Life of Genes
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"Your DNA is not a blueprint. Day by day, week by week, your genes are in a conversation with your surroundings. Your neighbors, your family, your feelings of loneliness: They don't just get under your skin, they get into the control rooms of your cells. Inside the new social science of genetics."

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