EFFECTS OF LITTER SIZE AND MATERNAL WEIGHT ON FOETAL AND PLACENTAL WEIGHT IN MICE

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Abstract
A summary of several estimates of the partial regressions of fetal weight and placental weight in 17 1/2 days gestation on the number of implants in a uterine horn and the number of implants in a whole litter is presented for litters of 1 outbred stock and 4 highly inbred lines of mice. These estimates suggest that the effects of litter size on fetal and placental size are similar in different inbred lines but that (a) the systemic effect of litter size on fetal growth in different and (b) the local effect of implants number on placental growth is different, at least until the 17th day of gestation, in the outbred stock.

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