Womb to womb: Maternal litter size and birth weight but not adult characteristics predict early neonatal death of offspring in the common marmoset monkey.

A singular focus on maternal health at the time of a pregnancy leaves much about perinatal mortality unexplained, especially when there is growing evidence for maternal early life effects. Further, lumping stillbirth and early neonatal death into a single category of perinatal mortality may obscure...

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Main Authors: Julienne N Rutherford, Corinna N Ross, Toni Ziegler, Larisa A Burke, Alana D Steffen, Aubrey Sills, Donna Layne Colon, Victoria A deMartelly, Laren R Narapareddy, Suzette D Tardif
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0252093&type=printable