Rate of Intra-uterine Growth

Rate of Intra-uterine Growth

SIR, JOHN HAMMOND'S famous study 1 showed that crossbred foetal foals grew at the rate of their dams' pure breed. Large Shire dams sired by Shetlands bore large young; conversely, small Shetland dams sired by Shires bore small young. Hammond suggested that a maternal regulating system migh...

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Veröffentlicht in:Nature (London) 1968-11, Vol.220 (5167), p.599-600
Hauptverfasser: OUNSTED, MARGARET, OUNSTED, CHRISTOPHER
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Analysis of Variance
Birth Weight
Embryonic and Fetal Development
Female
Genotype
Humanities and Social Sciences
Humans
Infant, Newborn
letter
Maternal Behavior
multidisciplinary
Pedigree
Pregnancy
Science
Science (multidisciplinary)
Trophoblasts
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Zusammenfassung:SIR, JOHN HAMMOND'S famous study 1 showed that crossbred foetal foals grew at the rate of their dams' pure breed. Large Shire dams sired by Shetlands bore large young; conversely, small Shetland dams sired by Shires bore small young. Hammond suggested that a maternal regulating system might be responsible for this effect at both extremes of growth rate.
ISSN:0028-0836
1476-4687
DOI:10.1038/220599a0