Fetal microchimerism, pregnancy epiphenomenon or kinship indicator?

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Graham J Burton. Proc Biol Sci. 2023.

. 2023 Oct 11;290(2008):20231906.

doi: 10.1098/rspb.2023.1906. Epub 2023 Oct 11.

¹ Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EG, UK.

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I declare I have no competing interests.

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