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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 2^nd 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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