{"product_id":"the-maternal-imprint-by-sarah-s-richardson-9780226544809","title":"The Maternal Imprint","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLeading gender and science scholar Sarah S. Richardson charts the untold history of the idea that a woman’s health and behaviour during pregnancy can have long-term effects on her descendants’ health and welfare.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe idea that a woman may leave a biological trace on her gestating offspring has long been a commonplace folk intuition and a matter of scientific intrigue, but the form of that idea—and its staggering implications for maternal well-being and reproductive autonomy—has changed dramatically over time. Beginning with the advent of modern genetics at the turn of the twentieth century, biomedical scientists dismissed any notion that a mother—except in cases of extreme deprivation or injury—could alter her offspring’s traits. Consensus asserted that a child’s fate was set by a combination of its genes and post-birth upbringing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOver the last fifty years, however, this consensus was dismantled, and today, research on the intrauterine environment and its effects on the fetus is emerging as a robust programme of study in medicine, public health, psychology, evolutionary biology, and genomics. Collectively, these sciences argue that a woman’s experiences, behaviours, and physiology can have life-altering effects on offspring development.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTracing a genealogy of ideas about heredity and maternal-fetal effects, \u003cem\u003eThe Maternal Imprint\u003c\/em\u003e offers a critical analysis of conceptual and ethical issues provoked by the striking rise of epigenetics and fetal origins science in postgenomic biology today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47461586108652,"sku":"9780226544809","price":52.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780226544809-the-maternal-imprint.jpg?v=1774972318","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-maternal-imprint-by-sarah-s-richardson-9780226544809","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}