Download or read book Life's Vital Link written by Y.W. Loke and published by Oxford University Press (UK). This book was released on 2013-05-23 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How does the foetus - a foreign body - survive inside the mother? The placenta is the extraordinary organ that allows this to happen; but this remarkable feat of evolution is only just being fully appreciated by science. Y.W. Loke explores the fascinating nature of the placenta and what it can tell us about evolution, development, and genetics.