Love at first sight is influenced by genetic factors

Last Updated on Sunday, 1 August 2010 08:44 Written by putra Thursday, 1 July 2010 03:38

Researchers found that love at first sight to have a relationship with genetic factors. Women known to prefer the scent of a man through his body, the genetic differ greatly.

In the natural health study, researchers using flies as a material experiments. They try to pair male and female flies of the same species and different species. The result was, they found the female flies are more interested and chose male flies of different species.

The female flies choose their partners according to researchers through smell. They can find out which male flies that can produce offspring which are healthier and will produce lots of offspring.

“We could call it love at first sight. Not just out of sight, but the smells, sounds or other sensations that tell the opposite sex that pairs biological were nearby,” says Andrew Clark of Cornell University, as quoted from LiveScience’s health care information.

Health care researchers found that the influence of chemical substances and certain proteins produced by the opposite sex when seeing each other will determine the couple’s interest.

In the group of mammals, including humans, in fact researchers found the same results. “Success of a woman to produce children genetically related to the quality of men, especially men who have the genetic opposite of the woman,” says Clark.

Researchers also tried to use the scent of men’s shirts to attract women, and the results are more women interested in men who, having known the gene that turned out to have very opposite to that woman. No one knows why it happened, but the differences in the immune system and the possibility of avoiding a disease similar to the consideration of factors.

“We also found this fact to the man who attracted to women,” said Mariana Wolfner, professor of developmental biology at Cornell.

In conclusion, men and women tend to choose sexual partners with backgrounds and different offspring.