date:May 16, 2016
A UK study of over 1, 000 pairs of twins has found organisms that influence diet preferences, metabolism and health can be inherited through genes.
Reporting in Volume 19, Issue 5 of Cell Host and Microbe Journal, the scientists made the discovery through studying the faecal matter of the twins.
Based on our research, we identified more than a dozen microbes with known links to health that are heritable, said senior study author Ruth Ley from Cornell University in the US.
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