Development of Meishan and Yorkshire littermate conceptuses in either a Meishan or Yorkshire uterine environment to day 90 of gestation and to term.

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To investigate the impacts of uterine type and conceptus genotype on development through late gestation, Meishan and Yorkshire embryos were co-transferred into the uteri of either Meishan or Yorkshire recipients that were subsequently slaughtered on Day 90 of gestation. At slaughter, regardless of conceptus genotype, fetuses and placentae were markedly smaller when recovered from Meishan than from Yorkshire...

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