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pathogen defense hypothesis of menstruation: a standalone construct

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the evolutionary hypothesis that menstruation evolved to expel pathogens carried into the uterus by sperm.

In reproductive medicine, pathogen defense hypothesis of menstruation refers to the evolutionary hypothesis that menstruation evolved to expel pathogens carried into the uterus by sperm. This meaning comes from Profet (1993) in The Quarterly Review of Biology.[1]

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  1. Profet, M. (1993). Menstruation as a Defense Against Pathogens Transported by Sperm. The Quarterly Review of Biology, 68(3), 335-386. https://doi.org/10.1086/418170

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