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Sociogenomics

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March 20, 2025

Research in the early 2000s that looked at the gene expression of immune cells in several animal species (including honeybees, zebra finches, and cichlids) found that only 5% of gene expression variation was attributable to genetic factors, while up to half (depending on the species) was attributable to a subject’s environment.

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