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Affirmation of a developmental systems approach to genetics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2012

Carolyn Tucker Halpern
Carolyn Tucker Halpern*
Affiliation:
Department of Maternal and Child Health, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599. carolyn_halpern@unc.edu
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Abstract

More than 40 years ago, Gilbert Gottlieb and like-minded scholars argued for the philosophical necessity of approaching genetic contributions to development through a multilevel, bidirectional systems perspective. Charney's target article builds on this heritage in significant ways, offering more recent examples of the interactions of biology and context, as well as the diversity of developmental mechanisms, and reaffirming a way forward for genetic research.

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Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 35 , Issue 5 , October 2012 , pp. 367
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2012 

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