Pregnancy is a genetic battlefield: Conflicts of interest vs mom-dad genes
Baby showers. Babymoons. Baby arrival parties. There are plenty of opportunities to celebrate the 40-week transition to parenthood. Often, these celebrations implicitly assume that pregnancy is cooperative and mutually beneficial for both parent and fetus. But this belief obscures a more interesting truth about pregnancy: mother and fetus may not coexist peacefully in the same …
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