Comments on: Major Histocompatibility Complex And Human Mating Systems http://anthropology.net/2008/09/23/major-histocompatibility-complex-and-human-mating-systems/ Beyond bones & stones Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:33:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: LOL http://anthropology.net/2008/09/23/major-histocompatibility-complex-and-human-mating-systems/#comment-19080 Tue, 30 Nov 2010 14:59:18 +0000 http://anthropologynet.wordpress.com/?p=1385#comment-19080 HAHAHA! OLDFART…u made me laugh…

]]> By: orrorin http://anthropology.net/2008/09/23/major-histocompatibility-complex-and-human-mating-systems/#comment-12533 Wed, 01 Oct 2008 02:31:20 +0000 http://anthropologynet.wordpress.com/?p=1385#comment-12533 I think that “bad mate selection” is a concern, but the research to back up a claim like that isn’t in place yet. I’m not sure, though, that it would tell us anything about divorce rates, since MHC is only going to be an indicator of genetic compatibility, not the sort of overall compatibility that leads to successful marriages. It might tell us something about fertility issues, though.

]]> By: Oldfart http://anthropology.net/2008/09/23/major-histocompatibility-complex-and-human-mating-systems/#comment-12465 Wed, 24 Sep 2008 11:59:55 +0000 http://anthropologynet.wordpress.com/?p=1385#comment-12465 “In a less direct way, other studies have
focused on odor preferences: in ‘‘sweaty T-shirts experiments’’, in
which females were asked to smell T-shirts worn by different
males, it was shown that females significantly prefer the odor of T-
shirts worn by MHC-dissimilar males, although such preference
was not found among females taking the contraceptive pill [24,25].”

Hmmmm…does that mean that IF MHC is involved in mate selection that women who are on birth control pills may be picking incompatible mates??????

Inquiring minds want to know!

This may explain the massive divorce rate!

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