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surrogate motherhood

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surrogate motherhood
True surrogacy Motherhood in which a ♀ carries a gestational product in her uterus that is not her own genetically–one haploid set of genes is contributed by the genetic or natural father and the 2nd haploid is contributed by the genetic mother who, for various reasons–eg, hysterectomy, uterus didelphys, cannot carry fertilized ova. See Artificial reproduction, Baby M, Gestational surrogacy.


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