On the enigmatic disappearance of Rauber’s layer [Developmental Biology]

The polar trophoblast overlays the epiblast in eutherian mammals and, depending on the species, has one of two different fates. It either remains a single-layered, thinning epithelium called “Rauber’s layer,” which soon disintegrates, or, alternatively, it keeps proliferating, contributing heavily to the population of differentiating, invasive trophoblast cells and, at...

Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - July 13, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Jessica van Leeuwen, Pisana Rawson, Debra K. Berg, David N. Wells, Peter L. Pfeffer Tags: Biological Sciences Source Type: research