title: Genetic sensitivity to the environment, across lifetime.
abstract: The target article by Charney convincingly argues that genomic plasticity perinatally induced by the environment creates a complication in determining which parts of behavior are attributed to nature and which to nurture. I argue that real life is even more complex because (1) genotype influences sensitivity to environmental stimuli, and (2) the genome continues to be modified throughout life.
authors.affiliation: Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition, and Behaviour, Centre for Neuroscience, Department of Cognitive Neuroscience, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, 6525 EZ Nijmegen, The Netherlands. j.homberg@cns.umcn.nl
authors.forename: Judith R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Homberg
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005824:Genetics, Behavioral; D023281:Genomics; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy