Placental efficiency and intrauterine resource allocation strategies in the common marmoset pregnancy

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 60-68

  Rutherford, Julienne N ^a   Tardif, Suzette D ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Growth restriction; Litter size; Maternal investment; Maternal fetal conflict; Plasticity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS GROWTH; FETUS WEIGHT; MARMOSET; MOTHER FETUS RELATIONSHIP; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA; PLACENTA WEIGHT; PREGNANCY; TWIN PREGNANCY; UTERUS;

ANIMALS; CALLITHRIX; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; LITTER SIZE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; ORGAN SIZE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY;

EID: 50049134403     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20846     Document Type: Article

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