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An interaction between fetal sex and placental weight and efficiency predicts intrauterine growth in response to maternal protein insufficiency and gestational exposure window in a mouse model of FASD.
Biology of sex differences - 20 Jul 2020
Kwan Sze Ting Cecilia, Presswood Brandon H, Helfrich Kaylee K, Baulch Joshua W, Mooney Sandra M, Smith Susan M
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BACKGROUND: Individuals exposed to gestational stressors such as alcohol exhibit a spectrum of growth patterns, suggesting individualized responses to the stressors. We hypothesized that intrauterine growth responses to gestational alcohol are modified not only by the stressor's severity but by fetal sex and the placenta's adaptive capacity. METHODS: Pregnant C57BL/6J mice were assigned to one of three groups....
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