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Table 2.

Morphometric and statistical findings of the tissue layer thickness in the reticulum of red deer during prenatal development (µm)

	Group I CRL (cm) (1.4–3.6) 30–60 days	Group II CRL (cm) (4.5–7.2) 67–90 days	Group III CRL (cm) (8–19) 97–135 days	Group IV CRL (cm) (21–33) 142–191 days	Group V CRL (cm) (36–40) 205–235 days
Epithelium	62 ± 5	114 ± 8^a	248 ± 21^a	427 ± 29^a	556 ± 29^a
Lp + Sb	pbt	pbt	104 ± 7	189 ± 7^b	185 ± 9^b
Tm	195 ± 10^*	212 ± 17^*	71 ± 12	188 ± 12^b	186 ± 16^b
Serosa	56 ± 3	44 ± 5^a	31 ± 5^a	25 ± 3^a	26 ± 4^a
Wall	313 ± 16	370 ± 16^a	454 ± 25^a	729 ± 41^a	953 ± 47^a

Lp + Sb = lamina propria and submucosa; Tm = tunica muscularis; pbt = pluripotential blastemic tissue.

The pluripotential blastemic tissue of groups I and II, which will later give rise to the lamina propria and submucosa, were not statistically compared owing to the fact that one structure will give rise to various others.

P < 0.005 vs. Group I;

P < 0.005 vs. Group III.