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By analyzing the genomes of more than 335,000 people and using questionnaires to assess their meat intake, scientists have identified one point in the human genome — rs72884519 on chromosome 18 — that is significantly associated with following a vegetarian diet.
"These results open the door for future studies that could determine which gene variants play an important role in vegetarianism and how they influence dietary choices," lead study author Dr. Nabeel Yaseen, a professor of pathology at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, told Live Science in an email. People choose to be vegetarian for many reasons, including religion, culture, ethics and environmental and health concerns.
The study didn't directly examine how the gene variants linked to vegetarianism could influence people's dietary decisions, but the authors have a few hypotheses. The study does have a few important caveats. The authors only looked at one population of white people in the U.K., and they relied on participants self-reporting what they recalled eating. This study design may impact how well the results apply to other populations and undermine the reliability of the findings.
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