Genetic variations and normal fetal growth.

doi:10.1159/000091504

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Genetic variations and normal fetal growth.

Hormone research - 1 Jan 2006

Dunger D B, Petry C J, Ong K K

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Size at birth is said to be a highly heritable trait, with an estimated 30-70% of the variability a result of genetics. Data from family studies may be confounded, however, by potential interactions between fetal genes and the maternal uterine environment. Overall, the maternal environment tends to restrain fetal growth, and this is most evident in first pregnancies. Restraint of fetal growth appears to be...

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Animals
Birth Weight
Female
Fetal Development
Genetic Variation
Humans
Maternal-Fetal Exchange
Pregnancy
Uterus

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PMID: 16612112
DOI: 10.1159/000091504

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