Maternal recognition of pregnancy in the mare: does it exist and why do we care?
| Autor: | Aleona Swegen |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
0301 basic medicine
Embryology Embryonic Development Context (language use) Equine Species Review Developmental psychology 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Endocrinology stomatognathic system Pregnancy medicine Animals Horses 030219 obstetrics & reproductive medicine Mechanism (biology) Obstetrics and Gynecology Cell Biology medicine.disease 030104 developmental biology Reproductive Medicine Corpus Luteum Maintenance Pregnancy Animal Female Psychology |
| Zdroj: | Reproduction (Cambridge, England) |
| ISSN: | 1741-7899 1470-1626 |
| Popis: | Maternal recognition of pregnancy (MRP) is a process by which an early conceptus signals its presence to the maternal system and prevents the lysis of the corpus luteum, thus ensuring a maternal milieu supportive of pregnancy continuation. It is a fundamental aspect of reproductive biology, yet in the horse, the mechanism underlying MRP remains unknown. This review seeks to address some of the controversies surrounding the evidence and theories of MRP in the equine species, such as the idea that the horse does not conform to the MRP paradigm established in other species or that equine MRP involves a mechanical, rather than chemical, signal. The review examines the challenges of studying this particularly clandestine phenomenon along with the new tools in scientific research that will drive this quest forward in coming years, and discusses the value of knowledge gleaned along this path in the context of clinical applications for improving breeding outcomes in the horse industry. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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