Table 2.
Follicle population in the ovaries from the juvenile and adult taiep and Sprague–Dawley rats.
| Juvenile | Total number of follicles | P (%) | SA (%) | SB (%) | PA (%) | PB (%) | AA (%) | ||||||||
| A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | ||||
| SD | 595.00 ± 17.04 | 93 | 7 | 88 | 12 | 83 | 17 | 74 | 26 | 70 | 30 | 85 | 15 | ||
| taiep | 334.33 ± 45.99 ∗ | 87$ | 13$ | 74Δ | 26Δ | 63Δ | 37Δ | 62Δ | 38Δ | 71 | 29 | 73Δ | 27Δ | ||
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| Adult | Total number of follicles | P (%) | SA (%) | SB (%) | PA (%) | PB (%) | AA (%) | AB (%) | |||||||
| A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | ||
| SD | 216.00 ± 25.33 | 98 | 2 | 95 | 5 | 85 | 15 | 66 | 34 | 74 | 26 | 95 | 5 | 74 | 26 |
| taiep | 191.67 ± 22.06 | 96 | 4 | 86# | 14# | 43Δ | 57Δ | 42Δ | 58Δ | 33Δ | 67Δ | 50Δ | 50Δ | 33Δ | 76Δ |
SD: Sprague–Dawley; P: primary; SA: secondary A; SB: secondary B; PA: preantral A; PB: preantral B; AA: antral A; AB: antral B; A: atretic follicles; H: healthy follicles. ∗p ≤ 0.01 Mann–Whitney U; for $ p ≤ 0.004z-test, for # p ≤ 0.005z-test, and for Δ p ≤ 0.001z-test.