Wednesday Mar 18, 2026

Are your genes picking your partner? Hans Fredrik Sunde on all things assortative mating

Why did you pick your partner? Just right place at the right time, or deliberate process? Whatever the case, it turns out that your partner is likely to be more genetically similar to you than we would expect by random chance. Also turns out that this has a bunch of weird consequences for genetic research! In this episode, our hosts went to Oslo and had a chat with Hans Fredrik Sunde about all things assortative mating. What is it, why is it interesting, and how do we study it? And more importantly - what is the one weird item that Hans Fredrik has amassed a huge collection of?

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