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Is hating cilantro a genetic trait?

Studying the reaction to an herb

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February 18, 2009

A while back, Sona Pai wrote on Culinate about the polarizing effect of cilantro. Now the Wall Street Journal reports that Charles J. Wysocki, a behavioral neuroscientist, is studying sets of twins to investigate our occasional love-hate relationship with the herb. So far, his findings suggest that there may be a genetic predisposition in favor of or against cilantro.

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