What was the ancestral function of decidual stromal cells? A model for the evolution of eutherian pregnancy
Chavan AR, Bhullar BA, Wagner GP. What was the ancestral function of decidual stromal cells? A model for the evolution of eutherian pregnancy. Placenta 2016, 40: 40-51. PMID: 27016782, DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2016.02.012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEutherian mammalsDecidual stromal cellsAncestral functionEutherian cladesMajor lineagesStem lineageEutherian pregnancyStromal cellsEutherian speciesStem eutheriansExtended gestationMammalsEutheriansLineagesMaintenance of pregnancyCellsInvasive placentationLaurasiatheriaCladeEuarchontogliresAfrotheriaFetal-maternal interfaceXenarthraDecidual cellsSpecies