The logic of gene regulatory networks
As an alternative, we could continue to approach disorders of behavioral developmentas if nothing were known about epigenetic links between nature and nuture.
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A Message From J.V.Kohl:
Here you will find information that links physics, chemistry, and molecular epigenetics via RNA-mediated events such as the de novo creation of olfactory receptor genes in order to encourage a public discussion of a paradigm shift.
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Epigenetic effects of viruses on cellular homeostasis
control of homeostasis by the epigenetic effects of proper nutrition and social stress inhibition might prevent our diet-driven and social stress-driven extinction.
Oxytocin improves social behaviors in a girl with an autistic disorder
I will not dismiss the potential importance of oxytocin to effective treatment despite the fact that the mechanisms of its effectiveness remain unknown.
CB Nemeroff: Off Restriction
The obvious role of odors, like smoke odor, in PTSD suggests that we welcome Dr. Nemeroff back
Human pheromones, nutrition, DNA, epigenetics
Natural selection for a well-nourished conspecific that is reproductively fit is ensured via the epigenetic effects of nutrient chemicals and pheromones.
Oxytocin for everything?
Suddenly, we then have the automagical affects of oxytocin on behavior with no need for social neuroscience.
Aging Is Recorded in Our Genes
— as modeled across the ecological, social and neurogenic niche construction that contribute to the adaptive evolution of our cognitive niche.
Social decision-making in vertebrates (Part 1)
The nutrients that organisms eat are metabolized to the pheromones they produce, which control social decision-making in all species.
Human pheromones and the visual appeal of other people (Part Four)
What I don’t see is anyone who is integrating the ecological, social, and neurogenic niches and considering the epigenetic effects of nutrient chemicals and pheromones in the context of endocrine disruption and transgenerational epigenetic inheritance.
A thought experiment
I may be confused about proximate and ultimate cause, especially if the role of transgenerational epigenetic inheritance is not central to the extended evolutionary synthesis. Isn’t transgenerational epigenetic inheritance the problem that led Dickins and Rahman to suggest a thought experiment; one where epigenetic mechanisms introduce shifts in learning bias for certain associations as would endocrine functioning? If so, my model (Kohl, 2012), which combines the epigenetic effects of nutrient chemicals and pheromones with biased endocrine functioning and adaptive evolution,…
