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  • MHC genes & dissortative mating

    I remember studying this in the late 1990's, in a population genetics class taught by Mary Ellen Ruvolo, a biological anthropologist at Harvard. She might be a good resource for additional information on this topic. Incidentally, she told us that MHC genes are one of two cases in which humans mate dissortatively (i.e., look for partners ...
    Posted to XX Factor by subie on August 16, 2008