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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jun 18.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Dev Biol. 2010;54(2-3):531–543. doi: 10.1387/ijdb.082767hg

Fig. 1. Microchimerism (Mc) in three generations.

Fig. 1

(A) Proband as infant (red) exchanges Mc with her mother (blue), resulting in maternal Mc in the infant and fetal Mc in the mother. (B) As an adult, proband (red), still harboring maternal Mc, experiences pregnancy herself (green) and acquires new source of fetal Mc. (C) Later, proband (red), child (green), and proband’s mother (blue), all with persistent Mc from maternal and/or fetal sources.

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