24 Jun 2024 --- US and Canada-based researchers have found statistical evidence that coffee drinking is a heritable trait, with particular gene variants inherited from parents influencing how much coffee one is likely to consume. Previous studies have hinted at genes impacting people’s coffee drinking habits. Scientists at the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry at Western University and the University of California San Diego (UCSD) used genetic data from a 23andMe database to compare coffee consumption characteristics.
