The Human Genome Organisation (HUGO) and a vision for Ecogenomics: the Ecological Genome Project
Benjamin Capps,
Ruth Chadwick,
Zohar Lederman
et al.
Abstract:Background
The following outlines ethical reasons for widening the Human Genome Organisation’s (HUGO) mandate to include ecological genomics.
Main
The environment influences an organism’s genome through ambient factors in the biosphere (e.g. climate and UV radiation), as well as the agents it comes into contact with, i.e. the epigenetic and mutagenic effects of inanimate chemicals and pollution, and pathogenic organisms. Emerging scientific consens… Show more
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