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Maternal-Fetal Conflicts in Human Pregnancy
March 13, 2008
David Haig professor, biology, Harvard

David Haig discusses various genetic conflicts that transpire within the human womb and revisits the assumption that what's good for the mother is good for the fetus.

Pregnancy is the most intimate of human relationships and, just like any other relationship, there is potential for both cooperation and conflict. Haig, professor of Biology at Harvard, considers evolutionary conflicts over the amount of maternal blood flowing to the placenta, and uses this perspective to consider the causes of preeclampsia.

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Image of Genomic Imprinting and Kinship (The Rutgers Series in Human Evolution, edited by Robert Trivers, Lee Cronk, Helen Fisher, and Lionel Tiger)
Author: David Haig
Publisher: Rutgers University Press (2002)
Binding: Paperback, 238 pages
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