Article
The effect of divergent selection for uterine capacity on fetal and placental development at term in rabbits: maternal and embryonic genetic effects.
Journal of animal science - 1 Apr 2004
Mocé M L, Santacreu M A, Climent A, Blasco A
Abstract excerpt
The aim of this work was to study the effects of the genotype of the dam, the embryo, or their interactions on prenatal growth by performing double-reciprocal embryo transfers between two lines of rabbits divergently selected for uterine capacity. Females from high (n = 53) and low (n = 48) lines were slaughtered at 72 h of gestation, and recovered embryos were transferred to the oviducts of recipient does from...
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- Animals
- Embryo Implantation
- Embryo Transfer
- Embryo, Mammalian
- Embryonic and Fetal Development
- Female
