MHC difference exactly predicts female faithfulness

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http://www.newscientisttech.com/arti...ine-news_rss20

A very

interesting finding:

The fraction of MHC genes shared directly correlated to the woman's number of

adulterous partners – if the man and woman had 50% of the MHC genes in common, the women had a 50% chance of

cheating with another man, on average.

And this:

“We’re fairly certain that all of this

revolves around scent,” she adds. “Now all we have to do is track down the specific chemical cocktail responsible

for all the behaviours we are seeing.”

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clicking here.