# @seed on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Bh1-36wFdzp
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/34247943-seed-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2018-04-21T19:01:24.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Seed (@seed) — https://gondola.cc/seed

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So, where do your #microbes come from?⠀
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You probably remember from sixth grade #biology that you #inherit your #genes from your #parents. But did you know that your #mother passes you your #microbiome as well? The process of receiving these #foundational microbes is called ‘#seeding’. (Ahem, hint. 😉)⠀
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It’s generally regarded to start at #birth 👶🏼 (though new research is starting to propose that microbial transmission could occur in the #womb via the #placenta), through the #vaginal canal and skin-to-skin contact, #breastfeeding, and eventually, the surrounding #environment—other #moms, #dads, #siblings, #dogs 🐶, the ground, #nature 🌿. In the first few years, a young microbiome shifts from being fairly malleable to what is called a ‘steady-state’—largely resembling that of an #adult.⠀
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So, say hello to your #world within. Like a #coral reef or a #rainforest, you are now a living #ecosystem. Your #bacteria within #evolved over many #millennia, passed down from your mother, her mother before that, and her mother’s mother before that. ⠀
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They carry in their genes, and therefore in you, the entire history of the world. 🌎🌟🍃💫🌚

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dads, breastfeeding, mother, vaginal, bacteria, adult, nature, inherit, womb, microbiome, coral, parents, siblings, rainforest, environment, dogs, biology, placenta, genes, world, foundational, microbes, evolved, birth, ecosystem, moms, millennia, seeding

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