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There is now evidence that people who are poor may transmit certain traits to their children - traits that might affect the rate at which they age, for example. The idea is controversial, because it implies that the environment can affect how genes are expressed - in the poor and in their children.
On the face of it this idea contradicts the so-called 'central dogma' of genetic theory, which says that gene changes are random and not influenced by the environment. And it's not just poverty - the field of epigenetics is discovering that what's in your genes is more fascinating - and much more complicated - than was once thought.
In this week鈥檚 Long Interview, Gordon Brewer delves into the subject and truth behind the so-called 鈥楪lasgow Effect鈥� with Paul Shiels, Professor of Epigenetics at the Institute of Cancer Sciences at Glasgow University.