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ALTHOUGH the mammalian foetus is a natural allograft because it inherits paternal strain antigens histoincompatible with the mother, frank manifestations of rejection do not occur. (Explanations for this phenomenon have already been reviewed1–7.)
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FINKEL, S., LILLY, F. Influence of Histoincompatibility between Mother and Foetus on Placental Size in Mice. Nature 234, 102–103 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/234102a0
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