Changes in Placental Morphology and their Association with Embryonic Skin Development

Histogenesis and organogenesis in mammals normally transpires in a hypoxic environment. Oxygen diffusing capacity is dependent on diffusion distance, which may vary with the thickness of placental barrier and with the level of tissue vascularity. Since the epidermis is avascular, its development ful...

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Main Authors: Markovs Jurijs, Galuza Agate, Melderis Ivars, Krūmiņa Džanna, Knipše Gundega
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2019-03-01
Series:Proceedings of the Latvian Academy of Sciences. Section B, Natural Sciences
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2478/prolas-2019-0003