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The presence of adult hemoglobin has been detected in fetal sheep blood by column chromatography as early as 4 weeks prior to birth. The transition from fetal to adult hemoglobin synthesis in sheep is essentially completed within a 2-month period including one prenatal month and one postnatal month. This rate of transition is much faster than in man.
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Bard et al. (1972) studied this question.
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