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. 2017 Aug 21;12(8):e0183528. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0183528

Table 1. Number of total follicle types and corpora lutea in the postpartum spiny mouse ovary.

Follicle type Control DEX-treated
Healthy primordial 436.05 ± 6.8 427.2 ± 9.2
Atretic primordial 83.85 ± 2.6 82.05 ± 2.9
Healthy primary 287.55 ± 6.2 275.85 ± 3.6
Atretic primary 71.55 ± 2.5 64.65 ± 2.04
Healthy secondary 3.9 ± 0.3 7.72 ± 0.3***
Atretic secondary 4.66 ± 0.2 2.20 ± 0.2**
Healthy antral 1.52 ± 0.1 4.81 ± 0.1***
Atretic antral 2.46 ± 0.2 1.25 ± 0.09**
Healthy preovulatory 1.17 ± 0.08 2.88 ± 0.1**
Atretic preovulatory 0.8 ± 0.1 0.6 ± 0.2
Corpus luteum (CL) 0.52 ± 0.1 2.85 ± 0.1***
Degenerated CL 1.22 ± 0.8 not observed

Data are presented as mean ± s.e.m. P-values less than 0.05 from Student’s t-test are indicated

**p<0.01.

***p<0.001.

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