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Published in final edited form as: J Exp Zool A Ecol Genet Physiol. 2015 Jul 14;323(9):627–636. doi: 10.1002/jez.1953

Table 2. Changes in reproductive parameters with brief photostimulation.

	SD	PT Day 2	PT Day 4	PT Day 10
Body mass (g)	30.10 ± 1.3	26.20 ± 0.9	28.55 ± 1.0	32.08 ± 2.0
Ovary mass (mg)	7.40 ± 0.3^a	6.04 ± 0.0^a	7.32 ± 0.0^a,b	14.50 ± 2.1^b
Plasma estradiol (pg/ml)	9.51 ± 3.0	9.40 ± 2.8	5.90 ± 3.1	18.21 ± 4.4
Preantral follicles	1.43 ± 0.1	1.10 ± 0.2	1.35 ± 0.3	1.67 ± 0.4
Antral follicles	0.00 ± 0.0 ^a	0.06 ± 0.1^a,b	0.15 ± 0.1^a,b	0.30 ± 0.1^b
Corpora lutea	0.00 ± 0.0 ^a	0.08 ± 0.1^a,b	0.32 ± 0.2^a,b	0.67 ± 0.2^b

Data are presented as mean ± SEM, columns with different letters differ significantly (p<0.05). Follicle counts are presented as average number per section containing oocytes across the serially sectioned ovary, for 14 weeks of short photoperiod exposure (SD), or 2, 4, or 8 days post transfer to long photoperiod after 14 weeks of SD exposure (PT Day 2, 4, 8).