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Fish prove every pregnancy is a battle: Unexpected evidence for the food fight between mothers and babies
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Left to their own devices, babies in the womb would suck their mothers dry. A developing baby benefits from taking as many essential nutrients as possible, but evolutionary theory predicts that to survive pregnancy, mothers need to keep some of these nutrients for themselves.
Left to their own devices, babies in the womb would suck their mothers dry. A developing baby benefits from taking as many essential nutrients as possible, but evolutionary theory predicts that to survive pregnancy, mothers need to keep some of these nutrients for themselves.
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