Insulin-like growth factor II affects the appearance and glycogen content of glycogen cells in the murine placenta.

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The phenotype of mice with a targeted disruption of the insulin-like growth factor II gene (IGF-II null mice) is growth retardation of both fetus and placenta during the last two thirds of gestation (1). We have compared the placenta of IGF-II null and wild-type mice from days 9-18 of gestation. No morphological differences were detected until after day 12 of gestation, when a new population of placental cells,...

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