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Why Did Your Mother Reject You? Immunogenetic Determinants of the Response to Environmental Selective Pressure Expressed at the Uterine Level
1 Jan 1999
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PROBLEM: Maternal "rejection" of the implanted conceptus is considered to account for a significant proportion of miscarriages (abortions) in both humans and animals. Our understanding of mechanisms has been limited, and hence, explanations for nonrejection have remained largely speculative. Losses, when they occur, could represent either random accidental failure of protective mechanisms or a more purposeful...
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