Fig. 2
From: Gene expression profile of placentomes and clinical parameters in the cows with retained placenta
Transverse sections of the cows’ placentomes. The villi-crypts intersections are looser in the control cows compared to the RP ones which are seen as wider white spaces between fetal villi and maternal crypts. The maternal stroma seems to be thicker in some regions in RP cows. Some collapsed or degenerated structures which probably used to be intact villi-crypts are also seen in some regions of the placentome sections of RP cows. Arrow heads specifically show the collapsed villi-crypts which may be due to the elimination of the existing spaces between the fetal villi and maternal crypts. The cows’ number are corresponding to the cows used for RNA-sequencing