Whitney Price <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
>Does anyone know the mechanism that causes the delayed implantation
>following fertilization after gerbil birth? I'm a bit curious after my
>class this week on human fertilization, morulae, blastocysts, nidation and
>all that other *fun* stuff (well, it sure beats my *other* lecture this
>week--on respiratory anatomy/physiology/patho...WHOO-boy!)
Obviously it is hormonal. I don't know the details but I would expect it
(the Bruce effect) is well studied in mice.
I guess the fertilised ova waits for the hormonal signal to implant.
Things are not perfect which is why the size of the litter reduces as
the length of delay increases.
--
Julian
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