Figure 2.

The effect of maternal diet high in linoleic acid on gross placental morphology at embryonic day 20. (A) Average total cross-sectional area (mm²) in male and female placentae. (B) Percentage labyrinth zone of total cross-sectional area in male and female placentae. (C) Representative placental sections of LLA male placenta. (D) Representative placental sections of LLA female placenta (E) Representative placental sections of HLA male placenta. (F) Representative placental sections of HLA female placenta stained with H-E at 1× magnification (scale bar = 1000 µm). n = 3–4. Data are presented as mean ± SEM with each dot on the scatter plot symbolizing a single representative sample taken from each litter. Data was analyzed using a two-way ANOVA with diet and sex as two factors. LLA = low linoleic acid; HLA = high linoleic acid.