Table 4.
Serum gonadotropin concentrations
| Females
|
Males
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mFSH, ng/ml | 95% | Limits | mLH, ng/ml | 95% | Limits | mFSH, ng/ml | mLH, ng/ml | 95% | Limits | |
| Wild type | 3.4 | 2.1 | 5.3 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 2.1 | ND | <0.1 | <0.1 | <0.1 |
| 1.8 | 1.0 | 3.1 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 2.0 | <0.1 | <0.1 | <0.1 | ||
| 5.8 | 3.7 | 8.8 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | ||
| 2.7 | 1.7 | 4.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | ||
| 3.3 | 2.0 | 5.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.1 | <0.1 | 0.2 | ||
| ArKO | 16.5 | 11.1 | 24.1 | 3.2 | 2.7 | 3.7 | ND | 0.9 | 0.8 | 1.1 |
| 10.9 | 7.3 | 16.0 | 2.7 | 2.4 | 3.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | ||
| 9.9 | 6.5 | 14.7 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 4.6 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.4 | ||
| 8.7 | 5.7 | 12.8 | 3.6 | 3.1 | 4.2 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.5 | ||
| 9.8 | 6.5 | 14.4 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 4.1 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 2.1 | ||
Gonadotropins were measured in wild-type female mice that were in estrous as evidenced by labial swelling and reddening of vaginal membranes. ND, not determined.