The pregnancy compensation hypothesis, not the staying alive theory, accounts for disparate autoimmune functioning of women around the world
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DOI: 10.1017/s0140525x22000589
Abstract: Abstract The pregnancy compensation hypothesis provides a mechanistic explanation for the evolution of sex differences in immune system functioning, the excess of women experiencing autoimmune disease, and why this is observed only in industrialized nations;… read more here.
Keywords: staying alive; compensation hypothesis; pregnancy compensation; alive theory ... See more keywords