Question 96

(Multiple Choice)

Use the following information to answer the next few questions.
In a famous study,women were asked to smell and rate the attractiveness of axillary odours on t-shirts worn by different men.Results showed that ovulating women preferred the odour of the t-shirts worn by MHC (major histocompatibility complex)dissimilar men.This indicates that dissimilarity in MHC may play a role in mate selection.
-The purpose of an MHC molecule is to


A)display an antigen fragment on the cell surface.
B)engulf the presented pathogen.
C)release enzymes to catalyze apoptosis.
D)trigger lymphocyte proliferation.
E)secrete cytokines.

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