Opposites Attract: How Genetics Influences Humans To Choose Their Mates
Monday, May 25, 2009 - 15:28
in Biology & Nature
New light has been thrown on how humans choose their partners. Research has shown that people with diverse major histocompatibility complexes (MHCs) were more likely to choose each other as mates than those whose MHCs were similar, and that this was likely to be an evolutionary strategy to ensure healthy reproduction.
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