The Genetics of Birth Timing: Insights into a Fundamental Component of Human Development

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The timing of birth necessitates the coupling of fetal maturation with the onset of parturition, and occurs at characteristic, but divergent gestations between mammals. Preterm birth in humans is an important but poorly understood outcome of pregnancy that uncouples fetal maturation and birth timing. The etiology of preterm birth is complex, involving environmental and genetic factors whose underlying molecular...

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