Figure 2. Maternal Fe deficiency leads to reduced organ weight in offspring at birth.

Heart (A), kidney (B), spleen (C) and liver (D) were dissected and weighed from a subset of offspring within 12 h of birth. Weights are expressed as relative organ weight (R.O.W.), and presented as a mean ± S.E.M. of pups taken from between five and nine litters in each experimental group. *P < 0.05 and **P < 0.01.