Originally Posted by
FredWard63
Hmmm...if you go to the primary article you find a different conclusion. You find that only a portion of women show evidence of male microchimerism, not all. Also, there is no mention of retaining dna from every male sexual partner. Given these were autopsy brain studies, there is no history of number of partners...that bit appears to be made up. Later studies seem to associate this phenomenon with pregnancy, not number of sexual partners. Interesting set of studies to ponder on a rainy day.