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The nature of the luteotropic factor in rodent placentae has been a matter of controversy. Most textbooks in reproductive endocrinology claim that chorionic gonadotropin (CG) is found only in the human (hCG) and in some ape and monkey placentae, and that the luteotropic hormone in the rodent placenta is different, having both luteotropic and mammotropic activity. The results of our studies indicate that rodent placentae contain a gonadotropin very similar in structure to hCG.
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Wide, L., Hobson, B., Wide, M. (1980). Chorionic Gonadotropin in Rodents. In: Segal, S.J. (eds) Chorionic Gonadotropin. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-1062-4_3
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