Fetus is the developing stage of the mammal after the embryonic stage and before the completion the gestation period.In humans it starts from the 11th week of the gestation period. The fetus develops into complete organism in the gestation period. The fetus is connected to the maternal body through the umbilical cord, which is the only passage or source of nutrition to the fetus. The characterization of the fetus is done by the presence of body parts which may not be functional or fully develobved but at their anatomical positions. Scholarly peer review is the process of subjecting an author's scholarly work, research, or ideas to the scrutiny of others who are experts in the same field, before a paper describing this work is published in a journal. The work may be accepted, considered acceptable with revisions, or rejected. Peer review requires a community of experts in a given (narrowly defined) field, who are qualified and able to perform reasonably impartial review
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