5-464: Wedekind may refer to the following persons: Claus Wedekind , a biological researcher Frank Wedekind (1864–1918), a German playwright Georg Wilhelm von Wedekind (1796–1856), German forester Hermann Wedekind (1910–1998), an artistic director Luther Lochman von Wedekind (1864–1935), a medical officer in the U.S. Navy on USS Solace (AH-2) Rudolf Wedekind [ de ] (1883–1961),
10-499: A German paleontologist [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with the surname Wedekind . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wedekind&oldid=1247821097 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
15-457: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Claus Wedekind Claus Wedekind is a Swiss biological researcher notable for his 1995 study that determined a major histocompatibility complex (MHC) dependent mate preference in humans. This study is often known as the "sweaty T-shirt study". In it, men each wore the same T-shirt for two days. The shirts were then put into identical boxes. Various women were asked to smell
20-429: The parents, the stronger the immune system of the offspring. It would obviously be beneficial, therefore, to have a system of recognizing individuals with different MHC genes and preferentially selecting them to breed with. Yamazaki et al. (1976) showed this to be the case for male mice, who show such a preference for females of different MHC. Similar results have been obtained with fish. In a 1995 experiment by Wedekind,
25-453: The shirts, and to indicate to which shirts they were most sexually attracted. The results showed that women were most attracted to men with an MHC most dissimilar from their own. It has been suggested that MHC plays a role in the selection of potential mates, via olfaction . MHC genes make molecules that enable the immune system to recognise invaders; generally, the more diverse the MHC genes of
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