reproductive system
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• despite expression in the mouse ovary, ovaries from adult 8-wk-old female homozygotes show an abundance of corpora lutea, unlike that observed in 8-wk-old Fzd4tm1Nat homozygotes
• moreover, mutant corpora lutea are immunopositive for a steroidogenic marker found in the cytoplasm of luteal cells, suggesting that they are functional
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