MHC-correlated odour preferences in humans and the use of oral contraceptives

Previous studies in animals and humans show that genes in the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) influence individual odours and that females often prefer odour of MHC-dissimilar males, perhaps to increase offspring heterozygosity or reduce inbreeding. Women using oral hormonal contraceptives ha...

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Autores principales: Roberts, S. Craig, Gosling, L. Morris, Carter, Vaughan, Petrie, Marion
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2008
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2605820/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18700206
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2008.0825

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2605820/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18700206
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2008.0825

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