title: Numbers of metrial gland cells in the placental labyrinth of congenic resistant and inbred strains of mice, with observations on the size of the labyrinth.
abstract: The size of the placental labyrinth and the number of metrial gland cells in it were investigated, from the eleventh to the sixteenth day of gestation, in C57BL/10Sn, B10.A/SgSn, SWR/J and DBA/2J isogenic matings and C57BL/10Sn X B10.A/SgSn and B10.A/SgSn X C57BL/10Sn congenic matings. It was found that both H-2 disparity between mother and conceptus and some other strain-specific trait under genetic control influence the size of the placental labyrinth, while the number of labyrinthine metrial gland cells is affected only by the strain-specific trait.
mesh_terms: D000822:Animal Husbandry; D000818:Animals; D002452:Cell Count; D005260:Female; D008791:Metrial Gland / Q000166:cytology*; D051379:Mice / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000235:genetics*; D008811:Mice, Inbred DBA; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D010920:Placenta / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D013997:Time Factors