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Promiscuity Alters DNA and Boosts Immunity In Mice

An anonymous reader writes "Scientists from the University of California, Berkeley found that promiscuous mice have significantly stronger immune systems than monogamous mice, suggesting that promiscuous mice may have developed more robust immunity to protect them against the disease-causing bacteria they are exposed to from mating with multiple partners."

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  1. My wife is never sick... by dargaud · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...hope that's the classic correlation is not causation...

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