Dr. Melissa Ilardo

And people were more drawn to people

who had very different immune systems than their own.

So I think this is something, you know, we see it in mice and it's easy to say, oh, you know, it's their animals.

Of course they do that, but we do it as humans too.

And it'd be interesting to know to what extent that's influencing our choice of mates and spouses.

And specifically the immune system that you're talking about, you know, the – What is it? Histocompatibility? Major histocompatibility complex. Yeah. The more different they were in that, the more attracted they were to that smell.

And specifically the immune system that you're talking about, you know, the – What is it? Histocompatibility? Major histocompatibility complex. Yeah. The more different they were in that, the more attracted they were to that smell.

And specifically the immune system that you're talking about, you know, the –

And specifically the immune system that you're talking about, you know, the – What is it? Histocompatibility? Major histocompatibility complex. Yeah. The more different they were in that, the more attracted they were to that smell.

What is it?

Histocompatibility?

Major histocompatibility complex.

Yeah.

The more different they were in that, the more attracted they were to that smell.

Yeah, I mean, I think it could be. It's also interesting, you know, we have, you know, when you're talking about hybrid compatibility or hybrid.

Yeah, I mean, I think it could be. It's also interesting, you know, we have, you know, when you're talking about hybrid compatibility or hybrid.

Yeah, I mean, I think it could be.

Yeah, I mean, I think it could be. It's also interesting, you know, we have, you know, when you're talking about hybrid compatibility or hybrid.

It's also interesting, you know, we have, you know, when you're talking about hybrid compatibility or hybrid.

Yeah, something like that. You know, we're having with globalization, people meeting each other, you know, across cultures, across continents. For the first time, so we're getting genetic combinations that have never been possible in the history of humans.