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Body odour preferences in men and women: do they aim for specific MHC combinations or simply heterozygosity?

Proceedings. Biological sciences - 22 Oct 1997

Wedekind C, Füri S

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The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) is an immunologically important group of genes that appears to be under natural as well as sexual selection. Several hypotheses suggest that certain MHC-allele combinations (usually heterozygous ones) are superior under selective pressure by pathogens. T...

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PMID: 9364787
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.1997.0204
PMCID: PMC1688704

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