 DebateTrophoblast biology: Forum introductionThomas E Spencer  and Fuller W Bazer  Forum coordinators, Center for Animal Biotechnology and Genomics, Department of Animal Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA  author email corresponding author email
Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology 2004,
2:45doi:10.1186/1477-7827-2-45 Abstract
In mammals, a carefully orchestrated dialogue between the mother and conceptus (embryo/fetus and associate extraembryonic membranes) is initiated during the peri-implantation period of pregnancy as the trophoblast develops, functions to signal pregnancy recognition, and initiates implantation. The purpose of this Forum is to highlight comparative aspects of trophoblast morphogenesis and function in mammals. | 
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