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The stage from conception to birth is a preparation for the independent life of the human individual. The unborn organism during this period develops and grows, and acquires that degree of self-sufficiency which will enable it to sustain itself apart from the mother.
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© 1975 Martinus Nijhoff, The Hague, Netherlands
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Feibleman, J.K. (1975). Gestation. In: The Stages of Human Life. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-1636-0_2
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