Parent-Offspring Conflict
Interestingly, as females age, with decreasing likelihood of a future child, they become less forceful in weaning.
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The fetus releases a hormone that makes Mom’s cells unresponsive to Insulin (i.e., “insulin resistant”), as well as an enzyme that degrades Mom’s insulin. Thus Mom absorbs less glucose from her bloodstream, leaving more for the fetus.
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052 🫧Hormone und Neurotransmitter
Tags: neurobiology science
Superlink: 051 ☣Neurobiology 050 🧠Neuroscience
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Chapter 10 The Evolution of Behavior
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