Maternal diabetes is thought to be the consequence of:
a) pregnant women decreasing their average daily amount of activity.
b) physiological constraints on the amount of insulin a mother can provide for the fetus.
c) conflict between the mother and fetus with respect to how much food the fetus should be given, since a mother is equally related to the fetus and all future offspring of hers while the fetus is more related to itself than to subsequent siblings.
d) a mother withholding investment in future offspring in order to invest more in the current pregnancy.
e) a mother consuming too much sugar during gestation
Answer: c) conflict between the mother and fetus with respect to how much food the fetus should be given, since a mother is equally related to the fetus and all future offspring of hers while the fetus is more related to itself than to subsequent siblings.
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