The genomic case against genetic determinism

PLoS Biol. 2024 Feb 27;22(2):e3002510. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3002510. eCollection 2024 Feb.

Abstract

Animal studies reveal that the molecular wiring of the brain can be altered by heredity, the environment, and their interaction. A deeper molecular understanding of these interactions could be a potent antidote to societal concerns of genetic determinism for human behavior, but this requires a paradigm that extends beyond traditional genome-wide association study (GWAS).

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Brain
  • Genetic Determinism*
  • Genome-Wide Association Study*
  • Genomics
  • Humans
  • Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide

Grants and funding

The authors received no specific funding for this work.