Browsing Biological Sciences electronic theses and disserations (MU) by Thesis Advisor "Schulz, Laura C."
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Characterizing a model of early human placenta
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)In the few weeks following fertilization of a human ovum, there is little known about the events of early human development. What we do know we've learned from a few collections of fixed sections of implantation sites ... -
Models of gestational diabetes and offspring outcomes in mice
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is the most common pregnancy disorder. GDM pregnancies result in offspring that are more likely to develop metabolic syndrome in adolescence than the background population. As offspring ... -
The role of myostatin deficiency in the development and biomechanical integrity of offspring bone
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) is a genetic bone disorder primarily caused by mutations to the genes for type I collagen, a major structural protein found in bone. There have been over 1,500 different mutations described ... -
Understanding the effects of maternal undernutrition in early gestation on placental development in late gestation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)Chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease and diabetes are on the rise among the U.S. population. Heart Disease is the leading cause of death in the US and is responsible 610,000 deaths per year. A suite of risk ...