•Facial recognition algorithms identify “look-alike” humans for multiomics studies
•Intrapair look-alikes share common genetic sequences such as face trait variants
•DNA methylation and microbiome profiles only contribute modestly to human likeness
•The identified SNPs impact physical and behavioral phenotypes beyond facial features
A collection of photos of genetically unrelated lookalikes, along with DNA analysis, revealed that strong facial similarity is associated with shared genetic variants. The work appears August 23rd in the journal Cell Reports.
“Our study provides a rare insight into human likeness by showing that people with extreme lookalike faces share common genotypes, whereas they are discordant at the epigenome and microbiome levels,” says senior a...
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