Friends with (Genetic) Benefits? - TIME Healthland
A new study suggests that when it comes to certain genes, friends of a feather flock together—but with others, opposites attract. The research offers potential insight into subtle genetic influences that may affect how people become friends—which can have an enormous impact on later life choices. One gene that may link friends, for example, is also connected to the risk of alcoholism.
“We live in a sea of genes,” says lead author James Fowler, professor of medical genetics and political science at the University of California-San Diego. “What happens to us may not depend only on our genes but on the genes of our friends.” (More on Time.com: Do Friends Make Your Amygdala Larger?)
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