reproductive system
• uterus fails to undergo decidualization in response to progesterone and implantation trauma, but responds normally to estrogen
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• fewer oocytes are obtained from pregnant mare serum gonadotropin/human chorionic gonadotropin-treated (superovulated) virgin females
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• homozygous females are sterile due to a complete failure of implantation
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endocrine/exocrine glands
• exhibit a moderate reduction in mammary gland tertiary side branching and alveologenesis in response to administration of 17beta-estradiol and progesterone for 14 days after ovariectomy
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embryo
• uterus fails to undergo decidualization in response to progesterone and implantation trauma, but responds normally to estrogen
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integument
• exhibit a moderate reduction in mammary gland tertiary side branching and alveologenesis in response to administration of 17beta-estradiol and progesterone for 14 days after ovariectomy
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