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Bitten by the travel bug? It may be in your genes

Travellers being tested for 'wanderlust gene' under Scoot-sponsored study by NUS don

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Rahimah Rashith

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Some people have a stronger desire to travel than others, and science may know the reason why.
Human behaviour geneticist Richard Ebstein has partnered budget airline Scoot to study the link between genes and people's desire to travel.
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