HF feeding decreased mRNA abundance of Fasn (HF versus NF, pd < 0.01), an enzyme that mediates the production of fatty acids from acetyl-CoA, Acc2 (pd = 0.05) which also mediates fatty acid synthesis, and Scd1 (pd = 0.05), a rate-limiting enzyme in the formation of monounsaturated fatty acids. This evidence concerns the gene SCD and hydrops fetalis.