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Maternally-inherited Grb10 reduces placental size and efficiency.
Developmental biology - 1 Jan 2010
Charalambous Marika, Cowley Michael, Geoghegan Fleur, Smith Florentia M, Radford Elizabeth J, Marlow Benjamin P, Graham Christopher F, Hurst Laurence D, Ward Andrew
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The control of foetal growth is poorly understood and yet it is critically important that at birth the body has attained appropriate size and proportions. Growth and survival of the mammalian foetus is dependent upon a functional placenta throughout most of gestation. A few genes are known that influence both foetal and placental growth and might therefore coordinate growth of the conceptus, including the...
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