TY - JOUR
T1 - The pregnancy compensation hypothesis, not the staying alive theory, accounts for disparate autoimmune functioning of women around the world
AU - O'Mara Kunz, Erin M.
AU - Goodnight, Jackson A.
AU - Wilson, Melissa A.
N1 - Funding Information:
Melissa A. Wilson was supported by R35GM124827.
Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press.
PY - 2022/7/25
Y1 - 2022/7/25
N2 - 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; none of which can be explained by the staying alive theory, as proposed by the authors of the target article.
AB - 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; none of which can be explained by the staying alive theory, as proposed by the authors of the target article.
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U2 - 10.1017/S0140525X22000589
DO - 10.1017/S0140525X22000589
M3 - Article
C2 - 35875971
AN - SCOPUS:85134911233
SN - 0140-525X
VL - 45
JO - Behavioral and Brain Sciences
JF - Behavioral and Brain Sciences
M1 - e145
ER -