2013
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1305018110
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Diversification of the eutherian placenta is associated with changes in the pace of life

Abstract: Few mammalian organs vary as dramatically among species as the placenta. This variation is remarkable considering that the placenta's primary function-transfer of nutrients and waste between mother and offspring-does not differ among species. Evolutionary changes in placental morphology remain poorly understood, with suggestions that parent-offspring conflict or evolutionary changes in life history might drive placental evolution. Here we demonstrate that life history differences among eutherian mammals are as… Show more

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“…Interestingly, a character transformation resulted in the stem lineage of Afrotheria [57], representing the first morphological support for this novel taxon. Later, other studies dealt with similar and other characters [6,[58][59][60] and included aspects of behavior and evolutionary traits [8,15,[61][62][63][64][65][66]. Despite interesting progress, particularly the interhaemal barrier as the feature which attracted most interest differed in the interpretation of ancestral or derived conditions, mainly because the published studies were based on different taxa sampling or rooting of the respected trees [5].…”
Section: Molecular Phylogenymentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Interestingly, a character transformation resulted in the stem lineage of Afrotheria [57], representing the first morphological support for this novel taxon. Later, other studies dealt with similar and other characters [6,[58][59][60] and included aspects of behavior and evolutionary traits [8,15,[61][62][63][64][65][66]. Despite interesting progress, particularly the interhaemal barrier as the feature which attracted most interest differed in the interpretation of ancestral or derived conditions, mainly because the published studies were based on different taxa sampling or rooting of the respected trees [5].…”
Section: Molecular Phylogenymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…It was already present in their ancient condition (stem species pattern) and had evolved an astonishing diversity following the group's radiation during the Tertiary [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]. Indeed, both their chorioallantoic and yolk sac placentas are regarded as most diverse organs [4,[9][10][11][12][13].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Placentation represents an important step in the evolutionary process [Carter, 2012;Garratt et al, 2013;Mess, 2014]. The growth of an embryo inside a shell, i.e.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…D), which may relate to the faster pace of life previously reported in species with an epitheliochorial placenta (Garratt et al. ).…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 71%
“…We then added information on placenta type using recently published data (Garratt et al. ), where the placenta of each individual species was categorized according to the primary literature. Overall, we collected data on 103 mammalian species (notably including 24 rodents, 24 carnivores, 31 cetartiodactyles, and 18 primates).…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%