l believe genes play a much bigger role in our thought processes than previously thought or postulated

It's sad to say that I almost hope not, just because of the inevitable rush of people saying, "see, they're changing their minds about evolution, so that's how you know it's wrong and therefore god!"

can you please translate into English? what you are saying makes no sense,

" If evolution is not to be explained solely in terms of changes in gene frequencies; if previously rejected mechanisms such as the inheritance of acquired characteristics turn out to be important after all; and if organisms are acknowledged to bias evolution through development, learning and other forms of plasticity – does all this mean a radically different and profoundly richer account of evolution is emerging? No one knows: but from the perspective of our adapting dog-walker, evolution is looking less like a gentle genetic stroll, and more like a frantic struggle by genes to keep up with strident developmental processes !