‘Sexome’ microbes swapped during sex could aid forensic investigations
Male and female genitals offer distinct environments for microbes Artur Plawgo/Getty Images Sexual partners transfer their distinctive genital microbiome to each other during intercourse, a finding that could have implications for forensic investigations of sexual assault. Brendan Chapman at Murdoch University in Perth, Western Australia, and his colleagues collected swabs from the genitals of 12 … Read more