… a new phase, and from this point the mammals of the different orders (Rodentia, Carnivora,
… form of the fetal membranes and the placenta. The fetal membranes comprise the amnion, …

… fetal components and the placental barrier [3], [4], [5], [6]. There has been less focus on
evolution of the fetal membranes … opportunities offered by the fetal membranes. The yolk sac in …

… Character analysis of mammalian fetal membrane traits provides a mechanism for testing …
study that fetal membrane data have their greatest input into assessing mammalian phylogeny …

… system, such as the fetal membranes, largely isolated from … groups that are characteristic of
mammals at the present time. Such … tracts and fetal membranes of mammals are conservative …

… During pregnancy, the placenta and fetal membranes secrete a large amount of CRH.
Placental CRH increases gradually during pregnancy related to an increase in gene expression. It …

… to be mediators of labor in all mammals, and prostaglandin E 2 diminishes collagen synthesis
in fetal membranes and increases MMP-1 and MMP-3 expression in human fibroblasts. …

… regard to placental and fetal membrane structure. In this brief … mammals. Second, I will
review how this structural diversity needs to be taken into account in understanding maternal-fetal …

… There is no other mammalian organ whose structure and functions are so species diverse
as those of the placenta. This is curious since the "purpose" of the placenta, presumably, is the …

… extravascular nature of erythropoiesis in the fetal liver of various mammals (2, 24, 47)… fetal
liver of the cat have shown erythropoiesis to occur in a fashion similar to that in other mammals…

… This review will focus on the stem cell properties of cells isolated from human fetal
membranes. An overview of the origins of the fetal membranes and cells types are given below. …