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    Ultrasonography of wallaby prenatal development shows that the climb to the pouch begins in utero

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    Drews, B; Roellig, K; Menzies, BR; Shaw, G; Buentjen, I; Herbert, CA; Hildebrandt, TB; Renfree, MB
    Date
    2013-03-15
    Source Title
    SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
    Publisher
    NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
    University of Melbourne Author/s
    Menzies, Brandon; Renfree, Marilyn; Shaw, Geoffrey
    Affiliation
    Zoology
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    Journal Article
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    Drews, B., Roellig, K., Menzies, B. R., Shaw, G., Buentjen, I., Herbert, C. A., Hildebrandt, T. B. & Renfree, M. B. (2013). Ultrasonography of wallaby prenatal development shows that the climb to the pouch begins in utero. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 3 (1), https://doi.org/10.1038/srep01458.
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    http://hdl.handle.net/11343/33216
    DOI
    10.1038/srep01458
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    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3597997
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    Abstract
    Marsupials have a functional placenta for a shorter period of time compared to that of eutherian species, and their altricial young reach the teats without any help from the mother. We have monitored the short intrauterine development of one marsupial, the tammar wallaby, with high-resolution ultrasound from reactivation of the 100-cell diapausing blastocyst to birth. The expanding blastocyst could be visualized when it had reached a diameter of 1.5 mm. From at least halfway through pregnancy, there are strong undulating movements of the endometrium that massage the expanding vesicle against the highly secretory endometrial surface. These unique movements possibly enhance exchange of uterine secretions and gases between the mother and embryo. There was a constant rate of development measured ultrasonographically from mid-gestation, regardless of when the blastocyst reactivated. Interestingly climbing movements by the fetus began in utero about 3 days before birth, mimicking those required to climb to the pouch.
    Keywords
    Vertebrate Biology; Evolution of Developmental Systems; Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences

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