The oxygen dissociation curve of human fetal hemoglobin differs significantly from that of the mother - as shown below. What characteristic of fetal hemoglobin might account for the fact that fetal hemoglobin is able to pick up oxygen from the mother’s blood at a significant distance from the mother’s lungs?

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The oxygen dissociation curve of human fetal hemoglobin differs significantly from that of the mother - as shown below. What characteristic of fetal hemoglobin might account for the fact that fetal hemoglobin is able to pick up oxygen from the mother’s blood at a significant distance from the mother’s lungs?






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