Epigenetics And Public Policy: The Tangled Web Of Science And Politics

The exciting field of epigenetics offers novel and unanticipated science-based insights into human origins and development. This book presents one of the first detailed examinations of the political implications of epigenetics. * Focuses on the latest developments in epigenetics, a subject that is attracting increased attention among scientists and researchers yet is practically unknown among policymakers and members of the general public * Explains how epigenetics works, how it is related to genetics, how it differs from conventional genetics, the different kinds of epigenetic mechanisms, and the political history of genetics and epigenetics * Addresses the latest research on epigenetics within the context of hot public policy topics such as cancer, obesity, and the environment and identifies potential policy recommendations

• | Author: Shea K. Robison
• | Publisher: Praeger
• | Publication Date: Apr 19, 2018
• | Number of Pages: 384 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover/Political Science
• | ISBN-10: 1440844690
• | ISBN-13: 9781440844690