• DOI:10.1086/419369
Corpus ID: 6207295

The Evolution of Endometrial Cycles and Menstruation

@article{Strassmann1996TheEO,
  title={The Evolution of Endometrial Cycles and Menstruation},
  author={B. Strassmann},
  journal={The Quarterly Review of Biology},
  year={1996},
  volume={71},
  pages={181 - 220}
}

B. Strassmann

Published 1996

Biology, Medicine

The Quarterly Review of Biology

According to a recent hypthesis, menstruation evolved to protect the uterus oviducts from sperm-borne pathogens by dislodging infected endometrial tissue and delivering immune cells to the uterine cavity. This hypothesis predicts the following: (1) uterine pathogens should be more prevalent before menses than after menses, (2) in the life histories of females, the timing of menstruation should track pathogen burden, and (3) in primates, the copiousness of menstruation should increase with the… CONTINUE READING

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