Women are able to detect the smell of genetic compatibility with a partner Bashny.Net

The smell - is not an empty zvuk



The genes that make up the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) play an important role in the regulation of the immune response of your body first and foremost in determining the compatibility of donors for organ transplants. Some evidence suggests that the more different MHC men and women, the more chances they have to have a child in common. But even more interesting is the fact that women seem to be able to identify the actual genetic differences smell.



The study, led by Claus Wedekind of the University of Bern in Switzerland, women were asked to smell T-shirts that are unfamiliar men wore for two nights, and choose the most pleasant smelling. According to the researchers, women have always preferred the shirts of men whose MHC was very different from their own.

How exactly this works, it remains a mystery. Studies have shown that the ability to determine the compatibility of the genome of the mouse and have the smell of some fish species.

via factroom.ru