Table 2.
Follicle counts of Mgat1F/F:ZP3Cre ovaries after hormone stimulation.
Primary | Preantral (% atretic) |
Antral (% atretic/ abnormal) |
Preovulatory (% atretic/ abnormal) |
Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Control (n=3) | 72.0 ± 13.5 | 43.7 ± 15.1 (8 ± 8) |
6.7 ± 3.8 (32 ± 16) |
17.0 ± 1.0 (8 ± 14) |
139.3 ± 31.8 |
Mutant (n=5) | 49.4 ± 25.6 | 14.8 ± 5.8 (9 ± 6) |
2.8 ± 1.9 (37 ± 41) |
9.2 ± 3.3 (27 ± 21)* |
76.2 ± 24.5 |
Follicles were counted in one ovary per mouse collected at 57 h after administration of PMSG at 0 h and hCG at 48 h. Values are mean (± STDEV).
Abnormal preovulatory follicles included luteinizing follicles and corpora lutea containing an oocyte.