title: Species-Specific Variation Among Mammals.
abstract: Reproduction across mammalian species is conserved with a general pattern of fertilization followed by nascent embryo development in transcriptional silence for a variable length of time, a series of cleavage divisions that occur without growth in size of the embryo, compaction to form a morula, and production of a blastocyst. Following blastocyst formation, the embryo may implant immediately or after substantial differentiation of the epiblast and hypoblast layers. In this chapter, the shared and unique properties of several species, commonly used in studies of reproduction and embryology, are outlined.
authors.affiliation: Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, United States. Electronic address: renee.reijopera@montana.edu.
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Reijo Pera
authors.affiliation: Agricultural Research Centers, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, United States.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Prezzoto
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004622:Embryo, Mammalian / Q000378:metabolism; D047108:Embryonic Development / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D008322:Mammals / Q000196:embryology* / Q000235:genetics*; D008954:Models, Biological; D013045:Species Specificity
keywords: Bovine embryo development; Comparative embryology; Developmental timing; Human embryo development; Mouse embryo development; Rabbit embryo development