The influence of progesterone on bovine uterine fluid energy, nucleotide, vitamin, cofactor, peptide, and xenobiotic composition during the conceptus elongation-initiation window
Abstract Conceptus elongation coincides with one of the periods of greatest pregnancy loss in cattle and is characterized by rapid trophectoderm expansion, commencing ~ Day 13 of pregnancy, i.e. before maternal pregnancy recognition. The process has yet to be recapitulated in vitro and does not occu...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2019-05-01
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Series: | Scientific Reports |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-44040-6 |