Melissa Wilson
Appearances
Radiolab
Everybody's Got One
Right, because not-self shouldn't be there. Not-self is a virus. Not-self is a bacteria.
Radiolab
Everybody's Got One
And at this point... The placenta forms tendrils. Like long, skinny claws. That actually try to invade in up through the uterus into the maternal body.
Radiolab
Everybody's Got One
And the individual was so reproductively successful that it spread across all eutherian mammals.
Radiolab
Everybody's Got One
This wonky interaction between the pregnant individual and the placenta. Because the placenta is not the DNA of the pregnant individual. The placenta is the DNA of the offspring.