Reading between DNA lines. The second code of our life, or the book that everyone needs to read

Have you thought why smokers with overweight sometimes live longer than fans of a healthy lifestyle? And why does this person differ so much from the monkey, if our genome almost completely coincides with the hereditary code of primates? Is it already in the womb of the mother that the fetus will become? New science - epigenetics can answer these and other questions. Its main revolutionary discovery: the genes are by no means determined. Their activity can be adjusted - and not least with the help of lifestyle. And in general - we have in our hands an unprecedented power over our own physical and mental health, as well as over the well -being and future of our children.
The German neurobiologist Peter Shpk has been popularizing science for twenty years. It is printed in large German periodicals, and also writes books