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MHC genes, body odours, and odour preferences

1 Sept 2000

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Increasing evidence indicates that the highly polymorphic genes of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) influence odour and mating preferences in house mice and humans [1]. MHC genes encode cell‐surface glycoproteins (class I and II molecules) that bind short peptides and present them to T lymphocytes. Through this mechanism, MHC genes control the immunological self/non‐self discrimination, and...

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PMID: 10978373
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/15.9.1269

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