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WE have attempted to formulate a generalized mathematical description of the time course of foetal growth, in order to facilitate comparisons of the metabolic stresses of pregnancy in different species. Previous empirical formulae1–3 have described parabolic relationships between foetal weight (W) and gestational age (t) of the type W = atb, the value of the exponent b lying between 3 and 4.
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PAYNE, P., WHEELER, E. Growth of the Foetus. Nature 215, 849–850 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/215849a0
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