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IT takes about 3 to 4 days for eggs to reach the uterus after oestrus in most mammals, regardless of the length of the tubes1. In the rabbit the transport of eggs through the ampulla to the isthmus of the tube takes only a few minutes2,3, but 3–4 days4–6 are required for transport to the uterus. The eggs do not seem to be transported at the same speed during their passage through the whole tube, but they stop in the isthmus or in the uterine tubal junction and await some action of the tube which will transport them into the uterus.
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CHANG, M. Transport of Eggs from the Fallopian Tube to the Uterus as a Function of Oestrogen. Nature 212, 1048–1049 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/2121048b0
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