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

doi:10.1098/rspb.2008.0825

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

Proceedings. Biological sciences - 7 Dec 2008

Roberts S Craig, Gosling L Morris, Carter Vaughan, Petrie Marion

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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 have been reported to have the opposite preference, raising the possibility that oral contraceptives alter female...

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PMID: 18700206
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2008.0825
PMCID: PMC2605820

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