Ask the Experts – March 2007

In this month’s Ask the Experts column, the following question is addressed: “Do the cells in a placenta have DNA in them and if so, whose DNA does it match, the mother or the fetus?”

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Type Journal ArticlePub Date 3/1/2007Stock # tst07_074_03_66Volume 074Issue 03

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Adah (San Antonio, TX)
Adah (San Antonio, TX)

The DNA of the Placenta

This column offers the answer to a very interesting question. The questioned asked has to do with the placenta of a baby. The reader wants to know if it has DNA and if it has whose DNA is ... See More

Betty Paulsell (Kansas City, MO)
Betty Paulsell (Kansas City, MO)

Placenta Answer

This brief article explains about the DNA of a placenta. It gives several facts about the DNA being partly that of the mother and partly that of the fetus.

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