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Adverse maternal environments in domestic animals induce conserved functional placental adaptations that are constrained by species-specific placental architecture and have enduring consequences on fetal development and lifelong health. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.SYNTHESIS. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

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This review examines how placental adaptations respond to maternal environmental conditions and their implications for fetal development.

June 20, 2026Journal of Reproduction and DevelopmentOpen Access

Placental adaptation to maternal environment in domestic animals

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PCPascale Chavatte-PalmerÉcole Nationale Vétérinaire d'Alfort GDG.E. DahlUniversity of Florida ACAnne Couturier‐TarradeÉcole Nationale Vétérinaire d'Alfort

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Review highlights how adverse maternal environments affect placental function and development in domestic animals, suggesting future research directions.

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This review examines how placental adaptations respond to maternal environmental conditions and their implications for fetal development.
Synthesis of existing data on placental function across various domestic species.
Analysis of placental responses to adverse maternal conditions including vascular remodeling and nutrient transport changes.
Exploration of epigenetic marks and potential biomarkers linked to placental function.
Adverse maternal environments induce conserved functional placental responses across species, affecting nutrient transport and vascularization.
Ruminants show compensatory changes in placentome type and vascularization under conditions of undernutrition.
In pigs, intrauterine crowding leads to significant remodeling affecting nutrient transport and metabolic gene networks.

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Chavatte-Palmer et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a362e1edb0793dc1a535f58 https://doi.org/10.1262/jrd.2026-006

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Review highlights how adverse maternal environments affect placental function and development in domestic animals, suggesting future research directions.

Placental adaptation to maternal environment in domestic animals

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Placental adaptation to maternal environment in domestic animals

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