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The first studies on the guinea-pig placenta carried out according to classical histological techniques were of a purely descriptive nature. In 1848 the guinea-pig was chosen by Reichert as an object for his investigations into the implantation of the fertilized oocyte. The main point of his study was the site of the implantation. The first systematic study on the process of implantation was carried out by Bischoff in 1852, at which time he had already handled the development of the placenta. Reichert (1861, 1862) corrected some of the ideas of Bischoff and supplemented them by new data on the development of the amnion.
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Kaufmann, P., Davidoff, M. (1977). Historical Survey. In: The Guinea-Pig Placenta. Advances in Anatomy, Embryology and Cell Biology / Ergebnisse der Anatomie und Entwicklungsgeschichte / Revues d’anatomie et de morphologie expérimentale, vol 53/2. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-66618-6_2
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