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Placental structure, function, and mitochondrial phenotype relate to fetal size in each fetal sex in mice†.
Biology of reproduction - 13 Jun 2022
Salazar-Petres Esteban, Pereira-Carvalho Daniela, Lopez-Tello Jorge, Sferruzzi-Perri Amanda Nancy
Abstract excerpt
Fetal growth depends on placental function, which requires energy from mitochondria. Here we investigated whether mitochondrial function in the placenta relates to the growth of the lightest and heaviest fetuses of each sex within the litter of mice. Placentas from the lightest and heaviest fetuses were taken to evaluate placenta morphology (stereology), mitochondrial energetics (high-resolution respirometry),...
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