Natural selection of human embryos: decidualizing endometrial stromal cells serve as sensors of embryo quality upon implantation.
Pregnancy is widely viewed as dependent upon an intimate dialogue, mediated by locally secreted factors between a developmentally competent embryo and a receptive endometrium. Reproductive success in humans is however limited, largely because of the high prevalence of chromosomally abnormal preimpla...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2010-04-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2858159?pdf=render |