Beyond face value: lookalikes show genetic and other similarities, study finds

Behavioural traits such as smoking and education level were correlated in lookalike pairs, says professor

29 August 2022 - 20:27

Sixteen pairs of lookalikes — unrelated people whose faces, height and weights resemble each other — share “some aspects of behaviour” and similarities in their DNA, a small new study (https://www.cell.com/cell-reports/fulltext/S2211-1247(22)01075-0?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS2211124722010750%3Fshowall%3Dtrue) shows...

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