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The trophoblast virtually isolates itself by coating its outer surface with sialomucin which seems to bring into being different but complementary devices designed to maintain pregnancy.
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JONES, B., KEMP, R. Self-isolation of the Foetal Trophoblast. Nature 221, 829–831 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/221829a0
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