Table 2.

Female reproductive and endocrine phenotype

	WT	n	Tacr3+/−	n	Tacr3−/−	n
Day of VO	28.8 ± 0.6	20	29.9 ± 0.6	17	29.6 ± 0.9	19
Day of first estrus	35.4 ± 1.1	10	33.9 ± 0.3	11	34.3 ± 1.2	10
Uterine weight (% BW)	0.32 ± 0.03	7	0.26 ± 0.04	7	0.06 ± 0.02a	7
Uterine weight (mg)	68.6 ± 6.4	7	54.1 ± 7.7	7	33.4 ± 3.5b	9
Ovarian weight (% BW)	0.08 ± 0.02	5	0.06 ± 0.01	6	0.01 ± 0.13	7
Ovarian weight (mg)	13.8 ± 2.1	11	13.7 ± 1.1	12	10.2 ± 1.6	15
LH (ng/ml)	0.29 ± 0.07	12	0.25 ± 0.04	16	0.35 ± 0.07	13
FSH (ng/ml)	10.36 ± 1.60	8	7.38 ± 1.59	12	7.45 ± 1.29	13

BW, Body weight.

^aP < 0.05.

^bP < 0.001 (ANOVA with Tukey post hoc test).