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The Real Superhumans and the Quest for the Future Fantastic is a
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However, many scientists now
dispute this orthodoxy, as there are sufficient scientific grounds
to think that genetics has limited scope in explaining all human
characteristics, and
epigenetic processes play a much larger role
than previously realized.
Stress is a physiologic and chemical response to environmental or perceived stimuli. It is very well known that stress and other physiologic responses can affect expression of genes in differing situations.
It has also
been found that in a person, state of mind and stress can affect
epigenetic encoding and that changes can actually be inherited.
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