Horse miscarriages offer clues to causes of early human pregnancy loss
August 05, 2024
August 05, 2024
ITHACA, New York, Aug. 5 -- Cornell University issued the following news:
A study of horses which share many important similarities with humans in their chromosomes and pregnancies revealed that 42% of miscarriages and spontaneous abortions in the first two months of pregnancy were due to complications from an extra set of chromosomes, a condition called triploidy.
"Over that embryonic period [up to eight weeks from conception], triploidy had rarely been reported i . . .
A study of horses which share many important similarities with humans in their chromosomes and pregnancies revealed that 42% of miscarriages and spontaneous abortions in the first two months of pregnancy were due to complications from an extra set of chromosomes, a condition called triploidy.
"Over that embryonic period [up to eight weeks from conception], triploidy had rarely been reported i . . .