Evidence that humans prefer genetically dissimilar partners based on scent

Wednesday, March 20, 2019 - 08:20 in Biology & Nature

A team of researchers at Université Paris Diderot has found evidence that suggests humans are able to detect via smell which partners are genetically preferable. In their paper published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, the group describes their study of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) in people, and the ability to detect it via smell.

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