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Figure 2. Morphometric and biometric profiles in dams receiving dietary overnutrition for 135 days and their offspring at D135 of gestation. Multiparous ewes received either 100% of NRC-recommended (control) or 150% of NRC-recommended nutrient (overnutrition) diets from 60 days before mating to D75. (A-G) Maternal morphometric profile: (A) Maternal heart weight; (B) Maternal LV weight; (C) Maternal RV weight; (D) Maternal septal weight; (E) Maternal liver weight; (F) Maternal kidney weight; (G) gravid uterus weight; (H-V) Fetal (D135) morphometric profile in males or females: (H) fetal crown rump length; (I) fetal weight; (J) fetal heart weight; (K) fetal heart-to-body weight; (L) fetal liver weight; (M) fetal kidney weight; (N) fetal brain weight; (O) fetal spleen weight; (P) fetal adrenal gland weight; (Q) fetal pancreas gland weight; (R) fetal gonad gland weight; (S) fetal thymus weight; (T) fetal pericardial fat weight; (U) fetal perirenal fat weight; (V) fetal subcutaneous fat weight. Mean ± SEM, *P < 0.05 between groups; n = 7 and 9 ewes for control and overnutrition groups (A-G), or 5 male/4 female for control group, and 4 male/5 female fetuses for overnutrition group (H-V).