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Science 25 April 2003:
Vol. 300. no. 5619, pp. 561 - 562
DOI: 10.1126/science.300.5619.561a
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DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY:
Hungry Ewes Deliver Offspring Early

Greg Miller

A study with sheep, reported on page 606, suggests that modest undernutrition for a relatively brief time around conception can trigger an early surge of hormones in the fetus and lead to premature birth.

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Effects of periconceptional undernutrition on the initiation of parturition in sheep.
V. Kumarasamy, M. D. Mitchell, F. H. Bloomfield, M. H. Oliver, M. E Campbell, J. R. G. Challis, and J. E. Harding (2005)
Am J Physiol Regulatory Integrative Comp Physiol 288, R67-R72
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