Abstract
Serum iron transfer from mother to fetus was measured in near‐term pregnant females from 16 species representing 15 families and 7 orders of eutherian mammals. The amount of transfer at 2 hr was 5% or greater in species with hemochorial placentation and less than 0.1% at 3 hr in species with epitheliochorial or endotheliochorial placentation.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 263-269 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | American Journal of Anatomy |
Volume | 134 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jun 1972 |