A University of Manchester professor and his wife have had
their own DNA analysed for compatibility as part of the research for a new book
out this week.
Professor Daniel Davis and his wife Katie’s experience is
documented in The Compatibility Gene, published by Penguin, which discusses how
our crucial compatibility genes may influence finding a life partner as well as
our health and individuality.
The book explains how research has radically transformed
knowledge of the way our bodies work - with profound consequences for medical
research and ethics. The story begins with a small band of scientific pioneers
who, during the Second World War, struggled to understand the mysteries of
transplants and grafts. And continues to the Swiss zoologist who had people
rank the sexiness of smells from worn T-shirts - and found the results related
to our compatibility genes. Very recent experiments discussed in the book show
that these same genes may also influence the likelihood of problems in
pregnancy.
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