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The surprising reason why some people don’t produce body odor
While only 2-percent of Europeans lack the genes for smelly armpits, most East Asians and almost all Koreans lack this gene,” an expert named Ian Day, a genetic epidemiologist at the University of Bristol, told the publication.
Thats why most Koreans don't produce body odor due to large scale dominance of the gene ABCC11. As a consequence, deodorant is a rare commodity.
The ABCC11 Gene: The Reason Why Most Koreans Don’t Wear Deodorant
There is only one gene associated with producing odour, it is ABCC11.
How Does The ABCC11 Gene Function?
Having a mutation or variation in this gene will single handedly determine whether you produce body odour or not. So how is this gene variation changing our smell? Well, our genes are the codes that our body uses to make all the proteins we need to function. As it turns out the protein produced by ABCC11 can travel through our sweat. More technically, the protein can travel through the apocrine sweat glands, which are sweat glands found under the armpits as well as other areas of the body. Upon leaving our sweat glands, the protein comes in contact with the bacteria living on our body. This bacteria breaks down the protein and this process produces an odour, unless you have the gene variant.
Excerpt from Knowledgenuts
