Estrogen Formation in the Early Rabbit Embryo
- 13 January 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 199 (4325), 200-201
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.579477
Abstract
Androgen formation (3beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase activity) was detectable in the rabbit blastocyst on day 5 of gestation (before implantation); estrogen formation was first detectable on day 7. The capacity to form estrogen on the day of implantation suggests that estrogen formation in the blastocyst may play a role in the implantation process.This publication has 11 references indexed in Scilit:
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