Research: People with similar faces have commonalities in their DNA
0Research: People with similar faces have commonalities in their DNA
In a study conducted in Spain, commonality was detected in the DNA of people with similar faces. In the research carried out on 4,000 people at the Josep Carreras Leukemia Research Institute in Barcelona, it was stated that the probability of having the exact same face is one in a trillion.
A new study in Spain has revealed that people with similar faces also have similar DNA.
The study, performed at the Josep Carreras Leukemia Research Institute in Barcelona, found that strong facial similarity is associated with shared genetic variants.
In the research conducted on approximately 4,000 people, a database of people's face and body measurements was used.
The researcher Dr. "These results will have future implications in forensics, reconstructing the face of criminals from DNA, and providing clues in genetic diagnosis," said Manel Esteller.
THE POSSIBILITY TO HAVE THE SAME FACE SIZE IS ONE IN A TRILLION
The study also found that using a combination of eight hundred metric features, the odds of finding two hundred in the same measurements in the general population were less than one in a trillion.
Dr. "This unique set of samples allowed us to examine how genomics, epigenomics and microbiomics can contribute to human similarity," Esteller said, emphasizing that the results reveal that similar pairs share similar genetic makeups or 'genotypes'.
In the study, it was found that facial similarity correlated with physical characteristics such as weight and height, as well as behavioral characteristics such as smoking and education.