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I believe there is some heritability. What's more, long term human couples tend to have dissimilar immune systems [0], allowing their offspring to have a more d
by joshmarlow 7y ago
I believe there is some heritability. What's more, long term human couples tend to have dissimilar immune systems [0], allowing their offspring to have a more diverse spread of immunities.
The fact that humans are somehow able to _detect_ properties of a potential partner's immune system is super interesting to think about.
[0] - https://www.amazon.com/Social-Animal-Sources-Character-Achievement/dp/0812979370 https://www.amazon.com/Social-Animal-Sources-Character-Achie...
- wahern 7y agoWikipedia links for disassortative immunological mating: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_histocompatibility_complex_and_sexual_selection#In_humans https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_histocompatibility_compl... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic_matchmaking https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic_matchmaking
- joshmarlow 7y agoI did not know the name for this - thanks for sharing!