Many insects are attracted to certain smells in their ‘prey’ – and mosquitoes are no exception to that rule. In 2015, researchers at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine proved a genetic link between scent and mosquito bites. They looked at 18 sets of identical twins and 19 sets of non-identical twins and measured how attracted mosquitoes were to each individual’s scent. With identical twins, the mosquitoes preferred both equally, but with non- identical twins they tended to prefer one to the other. This indicated that some people carry the genes for a natural insect repellent.
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Many insects are attracted to certain smells in their ‘prey’ – and mosquitoes are no exception to that rule. In 2015, researchers at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine proved a genetic link between scent and mosquito bites. They looked at 18 sets of identical twins and 19 sets of non-identical twins and measured how attracted mosquitoes were to each individual’s scent. With identical twins, the mosquitoes preferred both equally, but with non- identical twins they tended to prefer one to the other. This indicated that some people carry the genes for a natural insect repellent.