Pregnancy Is a Genetic Battlefield: How Conflicts of Interest Pit Mom’s and Dad’s Genes Against Each Other

Jessica D. Ayers

Pregnancy Is a Genetic Battlefield: How Conflicts of Interest Pit Mom’s and Dad’s Genes Against Each Other

Jessica D. Ayers

Psychological Science Department

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Abstract

Baby showers. Babymoons. Baby-arrival parties. There are many opportunities to celebrate the 40-week transition to parenthood. Often, these celebrations implicitly assume that pregnancy is cooperative and mutually beneficial to both the parent and the fetus. But this belief obscures a more interesting truth about pregnancy – the mother and the fetus may not be peacefully coexisting in the same body at all.

Original language	American English
State	Published - 30 Nov 2022

Keywords

genes
genetics
gestational studies
maternal and child health
placenta
pre-eclampsia
pregnancy

EGS Disciplines

Psychology

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Pregnancy Is a Genetic Battlefield: How Conflicts of Interest Pit Mom’s and Dad’s Genes Against Each Other

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