The hypoxia of high altitude causes restricted fetal growth in chick embryos with the extent of this effect depending on maternal altitudinal status.
Mehta
Arpan R
AR
Medical Sciences Division, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK. arpan.mehta@medschool.ox.ac.uk
Mehta
Puja R
PR
D000531:Altitude; D000532:Altitude Sickness / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology*; D000818:Animals; D001835:Body Weight; D002642:Chick Embryo; D002645:Chickens; D047108:Embryonic Development; D005260:Female; D005317:Fetal Growth Retardation / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D010100:Oxygen / Q000378:metabolism*
D010100:Oxygen