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Hormonal Control of Implantation in Some Carnivores

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Although we have gained a great deal of knowledge regarding endocrine events leading up to and culminating in blastocyst implantation in several species of laboratory rodents, the rabbit, and a few domesticated ungulates, our knowledge of the endocrine events leading to implantation in carnivores is less complete. One group of carnivores, the mustelids, has received more attention than others because many members of the weasel family exhibit an obligate delay of implantation. This differs from the facultative delay of implantation that occurs in rodents in that it is not induced by lactation. This chapter reviews what is known about the changes in the uterus and blastocysts and some of the endocrine changes that may be responsible for influencing uterine receptivity in two members of this group: the western spotted skunk, which has a prolonged period of embryonic diapause, and the ferret, which does not delay blastocyst implantation.

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Mead, R.A. (1995). Hormonal Control of Implantation in Some Carnivores. In: Dey, S.K. (eds) Molecular and Cellular Aspects of Periimplantation Processes. Serono Symposia USA. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-2548-5_4

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