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- noun Plural form of
conceptus .
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Examples
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IVF, therefore, kills conceptuses at two stages of the procedure, and society in general has no problem with this.
The God Delusion Dawkins, Richard, 1941- 2006
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As mentioned above, the worldwide loss of normal conceptuses failing to implant in infected or otherwise inhospitable uteri is immense, and undoubtedly dwarfs the loss by abortion.
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As I have posted elsewhere, a consistent stance for the “pro-life feminist” wishing to assume some male responsibility for pregnancies and resulting children would be support for a universal male DNA database, testing of all conceptuses and liveborn infants to identify paternity, and prosecution of all men who procreate with women who have not registered with the government their intent to become pregnant.
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The transferred conceptuses grew slower compared to control mares with normal pregnancies.
TheHorse.com News 2009
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The transferred conceptuses grew slower compared to control mares with normal pregnancies.
TheHorse.com News 2009
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The probable explanation is the increased incidence of chromosomally abnormal conceptuses in older women.
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More broadly, crosses between species / strains that exhibit many expressed polymorphisms (used for ease of developing allelic expression assays) may also be polymorphic at The second potential caveat lies in our examination of tissues from the second half of gestation; prior analyses suggest that the majority of PO×BW conceptuses are dead by this time
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Christopher D. Wiley et al. 2008
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Between 10 and 15 percent of these PO×BW conceptuses lack visible embryonic structures, typically resembling placentas and associated membranes
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More broadly, crosses between species / strains that exhibit many expressed polymorphisms (used for ease of developing allelic expression assays) may also be polymorphic at The second potential caveat lies in our examination of tissues from the second half of gestation; prior analyses suggest that the majority of PO×BW conceptuses are dead by this time
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Between 10 and 15 percent of these PO×BW conceptuses lack visible embryonic structures, typically resembling placentas and associated membranes
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