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The title of this part presupposes that the blastocyst and uterus actively influence each other. While the existence of such interactions is generally accepted, their nature, timing, and extent are obscure. Formerly, the mammalian uterus was thought to be merely a fertile soil from which the embryo emerged like plants in a field after the seed has been successfully deposited. Since Von Baer (1827) detected the mammalian oocyte, our views have changed profoundly and today we are able to study the morphology, physiology, and biochemistry of the two systems involved, namely, the blastocyst and genital tract, using sophisticated techniques.
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Beier, H.M. (1981). Introduction. In: Glasser, S.R., Bullock, D.W. (eds) Cellular and Molecular Aspects of Implantation. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-3180-3_23
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