Body odours as a chemosignal in the mother–child relationship: new insights based on an human leucocyte antigen-genotyped family cohort

Mothers are able to identify the body odour (BO) of their own child and prefer this smell above other BOs. It has hence been assumed that the infantile BO functions as a chemosignal promoting targeted parental care. We tested this hypothesis and examined whether children's BOs signal genetic si...

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Autores principales: Schäfer, Laura, Sorokowska, Agnieszka, Sauter, Jürgen, Schmidt, Alexander H., Croy, Ilona
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7209942/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32306871
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2019.0266

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7209942/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32306871
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2019.0266

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