It assumes that the characteristics of the social environment are able to affect the expression of one’s genes.

It indicates that our social-environmental experiences can shape our genetic expression throughout our lives.

 It assumes that we are born with a fixed set of genes and that our environment and our experiences in that environment determine the level to which we fulfil the potential of our genetic predisposition

 It refers to the field of research that examines how and why different social factors affect the activity of the genome.