FIG. 5.

Cervical and vaginal epithelium in late pregnant females with mutations of the Rxfp1 gene. Representative images of Masson trichrome staining of vaginal (A) and cervical (B) epithelium in wild-type (Rxfp1^fl/fl), heterozygous (Rxfp1^ko/+), conditional (Rxfp1^fl/ko, Tagln-cre), and global (Rxfp1^ko/ko) knockout females at Day 18.5 of pregnancy. The thickness of the epithelium was measured in three to four females per group. Significant differences between groups are indicated as *P < 0.05; **P < 0.01 (ANOVA with Bonferroni multiple comparison test). Bar = 50 μm.