Researchers say the findings may also someday help police investigators conjure up the faces of suspects from their DNA samples. But that potential application wades into murky ethical territory
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Find a dozen people who look like suspect. Do DNA analysis on dozen “doppelgangers”. Take DNA from “doppelganger” that is the closest match, present to court using “expert” witness.
PBS did a recent video on how DNA evidence is not nearly as infallible as copoganda make it out to be.
DNA has a limited number of genes. Considering the enormous amount of functions they need to encode, the number of genes for each function becomes relatively small. 8 billion people and thousands of generations, we’re bound to have duplicates.
I would say it’s even smaller in number. Because some combinations would not work and might kill you.
Yes, but the article says that certain combinations occur more often that if it was random. People with similar faces tend to have similar genes that are nor related to facial features.
…We all look like 98% similar.
they all look the same…
thinks some alien, prolly
If different people with similar visual characteristics have similar behavioral characteristics, doesn’t that imply that perhaps we can judge a book by its cover?
Yes but how much?
Bad news for people that look like famous serial killers.
So that’s why I want to make people lamp shades so bad? /s
This kinda feels like a “duh.” Or a “Well, makes sense”
Genetics, I can understand. But lifestyles? How?
Certain genetic mutations or chains of DNA can produce traits or characteristics a person exhibits, and can be hereditary.
Like diabetes, addiction, the way you and your dad have the same humor, natural abilities or inclination towards a subject, food allergies,
These traits could dictate a lifestyle, somewhat loosely defined .
I’ve wondered this about people who act the same. They also tend to have some of the same facial expressions and mannerisms.
Maybe like our brains have certain tempaltes of personalities that we alter along the way. A starter personality of sorts.
I mean there’s this town in rural [state my family had a farm in but now we don’t hallelujah farm work is hard] that everyone looks like me because, well, go back far enough and all 500 of them and me are related. First time I went to the old farm it was frightening. Like walking into a clone factory.
There are only so many permutations of topological entanglement!
7 colors × 6 directions = 42 types of individual entanglement within the topological matrix we are not IN but rather ARE
How similar is DNA from convergent evolution animals?
I mean, my uncle (who spent very little time with his bio father) has all the same mannerisms as him. As do I and my mother and one of my brothers. Some of it is that we inherited similar skeletal structure so our posture is similar. Some of it, I dunno.
well, at some point, everything is a crab.
so I would assume pretty similar.
great question though.
Nice to see research shared like this, thanks. I’ve always been fascinated by facial similarities. The other thing I often look at, especially when pronounced, is the difference in the two hemispheres of the face.
So should you avoid having kids with someone you look similar too then? Like is it that the virtual twins have genetic similarities akin to 3rd cousins or siblings…
This is why my sister and I always use protection.
I mean, iirc there’s no genetic reason first cousins shouldn’t have kids, I doubt third cousins would be a problem.
First cousins not having kids is generally good since it prevents the founder effect from getting too bad or long term inbreeding like with Charles of Spain or really any European royal.
Oh good, phrenology is back.
