Maternal-Fetal Conflicts in Human Pregnancy: Lecture by David Haig March 13, 2008

Maternal-Fetal Conflicts in Human Pregnancy

Lecture by David Haig
Thursday, March 13, 6:00 pm
Pregnancy is the most intimate of human relationships and, just like any other relationship, there is potential for both cooperation and conflict. In this lecture, Dr. Haig, Professor of Biology at Harvard, will discuss the various genetic conflicts that transpire within the human womb, and visit the assumption that what's good for the mother is also good for the fetus. Haig will consider evolutionary conflicts over the amount of maternal blood flowing to the placenta, and use this perspective to consider the causes of preeclampsia. Part of the Evolution Matters lecture series. Free and open to the public at 24 Oxford Street in the Geological Lecture Hall.

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