This comic is inspired by Nature Human Behaviour article: ”Socio-economic status is a social construct with heritable components and genetic consequences” by Abdellaoui et al (2025).

It offers an accessible introduction to how social structures and genetics shape each other, and how this leaves marks on genetic architectures.
The story and all the text in this comic is written by Dr. Abdel Abdellaoui.

Lizah created the visual narrative and illustrated the comic.