A scientist interested in understanding how early experiences shape genetic expression studies
A) eugenetics.
B) ontogenetics.
C) epigenetics.
D) genome-wide associations.

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Epigenetics is the study of how behaviors and environment can cause changes that affect the way genes work. Unlike genetic changes, epigenetic changes are reversible and do not change the DNA sequence, but they can change how the body reads a DNA sequence. Early experiences can indeed shape genetic expression through epigenetic mechanisms.

A Scientist Interested in Understanding How Early Experiences Shape Genetic