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Postovulatory predecidual development in the baboon, chimpanzee, and human
Author(s) -
Dollar J. R.,
Graham C. E.,
Reyes F. I.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
american journal of primatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.988
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1098-2345
pISSN - 0275-2565
DOI - 10.1002/ajp.1350030130
Subject(s) - baboon , decidualization , biology , primate , zoology , endocrinology , neuroscience , uterus
The development of predecidual tissue during the late postovulatory phase was evaluated by light microscopic study in the baboon, chimpanzee, and human being. While the predecidual cells of these species appeared to be similar morphologically, the degree of predecidual differentiation was greater in humans and chimpanzees than in baboons. The evidence indicated that the presence of a blastocyst was not required for decidualization to occur in these three primates. Further, decidualization was not dependent on coitus in chimpanzees and baboons, and was probably not essential in humans either.