Open AccessTHE NORMAL TRANSPLACENTAL PASSAGE OF MATERNAL RED CELLS IN MICE
Author(s) -
Holliday Jean,
Barnes R. D.
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
cell proliferation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.647
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1365-2184
pISSN - 0960-7722
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2184.1973.tb01633.x
Subject(s) - transplacental , offspring , andrology , biology , peripheral blood , immunology , fetus , microbiology and biotechnology , pregnancy , physiology , placenta , medicine , genetics
51 Cr labelled red cells injected into pregnant mice were subsequently detected in peripheral blood of their progeny when examined in autoradiography. The fact that these labelled cells were seen in the offspring from five different strains of mice suggests that this transplacental passage is probably a ‘normal’ phenomenon.