Sequence variations at the human leukocyte antigen-linked olfactory receptor cluster do not influence female preferences for male odors

Human Immunology

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 100-103

  Thompson, Emma E ^a   Haller, Gabe ^a   Pinto, Jayant M ^a   Sun, Ying ^a   Zelano, Bethanne ^b   Jacob, Suma ^b   McClintock, Martha K ^a   Nicolae, Dan L ^a   Ober, Carole ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

HLA alleles; Linkage disequilibrium; Olfactory receptor genes; Smell preferences

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 6P; FEMALE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ODOR; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMELLING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 6; FEMALE; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OLFACTORY PERCEPTION; PHEROMONES, HUMAN; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTORS, ODORANT; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 71249131165     PISSN: 01988859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humimm.2009.10.004     Document Type: Article

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