Mate preferences and infectious disease: Theoretical considerations and evidence in humans

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 366, Issue 1583, 2011, Pages 3375-3388

  Tybur, Joshua M ^a   Gangestad, Steven W ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Disease avoidance; Disgust; Major histocompatibility complex; Mate choice; Mate preferences

Indexed keywords

AVOIDANCE REACTION; DISEASE RESISTANCE; HERITABILITY; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; IMMUNITY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; LITERATURE REVIEW; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MATE CHOICE; PATHOGEN; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; PUBLIC HEALTH; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 80055100038     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2011.0136     Document Type: Review

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