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treve 4 days ago

I think in this metaphor the placenta is actually on the fetus' side and also had the baby's DNA.

Ygg2 4 days ago | parent [-]

Did you read the article? It's not. It's somewhat fighting against it. Plus immune system would see baby's DNA as corrupted, since half of it is just wrong.

thaumasiotes 4 days ago | parent [-]

> Plus immune system would see baby's DNA as corrupted

The immune system can't see DNA at all. It works by other methods.

Ygg2 3 days ago | parent [-]

True but it can detect DNA isn't the same by comparing expressed proteins.