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Published online 6 July 2005 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news050704-6
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Ovulating women favour dominant men's smell
Sniff test suggests when, and with whom, women are most likely to cheat.
Women are most likely to cheat on their long-term partner when they are at their most fertile, and they tend to choose genetically superior men for their fling. That's the claim of a study by Czech researchers, which found that the smell of a socially dominant male is most exciting to women in stable relationships, especially on days when they are ovulating.
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