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Published online 21 January 2002 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news020114-13
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Paternally inherited HLA alleles are associated with women's choice of male odor
Genes mean ladies like friends and partners that smell like their father.
Bachelors - ditch the Old Spice and don your prospective father-in-law's clothes. Women prefer the scent of their dad, a study shows, and may choose their friends and partners accordingly.
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