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Author: Eldra Solomon, Charles Martin, Diana W. Martin, Linda R. Berg
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 50.4, Problem 2C
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To determine: What would happen if the concentration of estrogen and progesterone is decreased sharply during early pregnancy.

Introduction: Gestation or pregnancy is the period during which an offspring develops within the uterus of a sexually mature woman. It involves several developmental stages of fetus. In humans, pregnancy period is nearly for nine months, which is divided into three trimesters involving several changes in mother and the growing fetus.

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To determine: The reason for abortion of embryo if the concentration of estrogen and progesterone is decreased sharply during early pregnancy.

Introduction: Gestation or pregnancy is the period during which an offspring develops within the uterus of a sexually mature woman. It involves several developmental stages of fetus. In humans, pregnancy period is nearly for nine months, which is divided into three trimesters involving several changes in mother and the growing fetus.

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