Growth (log transformation of percent diameter increase compared to Day
0 defined as onset of culture) ± SEM of preantral, early antral, and
antral stage dog ovarian follicles cultured in vitro with
various activin (0, 100, or 200 ng/ml) and FSH (0, 0.1, 1, or 10 μg/ml)
concentrations. Values with differing letters within the same follicle stage,
FSH treatment, and culture day represent differences (P
< 0.05) among activin concentration groups.