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The maternal organism provides essential conditions for preimplantation development of the mammalian embryo by means of tubal and uterine proliferation and secretion. The uterine mucosa of a sexually mature rabbit shows the typical picture of an oestrous endometrium, moderate proliferation of the cavum and glandular epithelium (Fig. l a). The surface of the endometrium carries a single-layered, cubic to cylindrical epithelium, areas of which are covered with cilia. The cavum epithelium sinks down into short, narrow crypts, the uterine glands, in the tunica propria. There are no signs of typical secretory activity (Fig. 1 b, c).
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Beier, H.M., Petry, G., Kühnel, W. (1970). Endometrial Secretion and Early Mammalian Development. In: Gibian, H., Plotz, E.J. (eds) Mammalian Reproduction. Colloquium der Gesellschaft für Biologische Chemie in 9.–11. April 1970 in Mosbach/Baden, vol 21. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-64993-6_14
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