In today's society, there are numerous debates on whether a serial killers, rapists, sociopaths, and illnesses in general are due to the genes of our parents or the environment we live in. Due to recent discoveries of Epigenetics, I believe that many behaviors and genes may be influenced by the environment. Epigenetics has shown that certain environmental signs can activate or deactivate certain genes that have a large impact on personality overall. However, due to the complexion of the human genome, there is large evidence that personalities and attitudes overall can change over time but they can be very difficult to change. The environment can have huge influence animals and overall change development. For example, the Agouti mice have a
