Olfactory discrimination of mouse strains (Mus musculus) and major histocompatibility types by humans (Homo sapiens).
- 1 January 1986
- journal article
- Published by American Psychological Association (APA) in Journal of Comparative Psychology
- Vol. 100 (3) , 262-265
- https://doi.org/10.1037//0735-7036.100.3.262
Abstract
A series of experiments revealed that humans can use olfaction to discriminate closely related strains of mice, differing genetically only at the major histocompatibility gene complex (H-2). In Experiment 1, subjects were asked to distinguish between the whole-body odors of live mice. In Experiments 2 and 3, the odor source was mouse fecal pellets, and in Experiments 4 and 5, the odor source was mouse urine.Keywords
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