The Epigenome and Nature/Nurture Reunification: A Challenge for Anthropology

Medical Anthropology: Cross Cultural Studies in Health and Illness

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 291-308

  Lock, Margaret ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

embedded bodies; epigenetics; epigenome; local biologies; the superorganic

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANTHROPOLOGY; EPIGENETICS; GENETICS; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANTHROPOLOGY; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; EPIGENOMICS; HUMANS;

EID: 84879634723     PISSN: 01459740     EISSN: 15455882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01459740.2012.746973     Document Type: Review

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