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An Effect of the Uterine Environment upon Skeletal Morphology in the Mouse

Nature volume 181, pages 1147–1148 (1958)Cite this article

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THE classical demonstration of a maternal effect in a mammal is Walton and Hammond's1 series of crosses between Shire horses and Shetland ponies. Shire mares inseminated with Shetland sperm produced foals which at birth were nearly three times the size of foals born from the reciprocal cross. A difference between reciprocal hybrids was still apparent in adult life.

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    ANNE MCLAREN & DONALD MICHIE

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MCLAREN, A., MICHIE, D. An Effect of the Uterine Environment upon Skeletal Morphology in the Mouse. Nature 181, 1147–1148 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1038/1811147a0

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