Placental hormones, genomic imprinting, and maternal-fetal communication

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 357-380

  Haig, D ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Genomic imprinting; Intragenomic conflict; Parent offspring conflict; Signalling

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001413870     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1420-9101.1996.9030357.x     Document Type: Article

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