The effect of early hypoxy upon the development of rats and mice. II. Foetal effects.
The late, foetal effect of temporary hypoxy--performed by uterine vascular clamping--during the preimplantation period (day 2, 3 and 4 of pregnancy) was controlled in rats. The main detected effects were: lowering of the number of implantation sites and of the mean number of living foetuses; lowering of the mean foetal weight: increased percentage of resorptions and partial retardation of skeletal development. No structural anomalies were registered.
Laboratory of Embryology and Teratology, Timişoara, Romania.
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D000818:Animals; D001755:Blastocyst / Q000502:physiology*; D005314:Embryonic and Fetal Development / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000503:physiopathology*; D051379:Mice; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar