endocrine/exocrine glands
• numbers of cleaved caspase 3 (CC3)-positive granulosa cells are decreased in eCG-primed mutant ovaries
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• the increased numbers of corpora lutea are at different stages of differentiation than in controls
• steroid biosynthesis is similar in mutants as in controls indicating that even though life span of corpora lutea are extended, they do not remain steroidogenically active
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• granulosa cells exhibit increased proliferation
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• after 3 months of age, ovaries contain increased numbers of corpora lutea
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• females exhibit increased follicle growth
• numbers of apoptotic follicles decreased in eCG-primed mutant ovaries
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• after 3 months of age, ovaries are larger and contain increased numbers of corpora lutea
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growth/size/body
• after 3 months of age, ovaries are larger and contain increased numbers of corpora lutea
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reproductive system
• numbers of cleaved caspase 3 (CC3)-positive granulosa cells are decreased in eCG-primed mutant ovaries
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• the increased numbers of corpora lutea are at different stages of differentiation than in controls
• steroid biosynthesis is similar in mutants as in controls indicating that even though life span of corpora lutea are extended, they do not remain steroidogenically active
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• granulosa cells exhibit increased proliferation
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• after 3 months of age, ovaries contain increased numbers of corpora lutea
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• females exhibit increased follicle growth
• numbers of apoptotic follicles decreased in eCG-primed mutant ovaries
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• after 3 months of age, ovaries are larger and contain increased numbers of corpora lutea
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• immature females primed with a superovulatory regiment of equine chorionic gonadotropin (eCG), followed by human CG, ovulate more oocytes than control mice, indicating advanced ovulation rate and increased ovulation
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• luteolysis is dramatically impaired and delayed in mutants on a superovulatory regimen of eCG/hCG compared to wild-type mice
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• females give birth to approximately 20% more pups than controls during a 6-month breeding period
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neoplasm
cellular
• numbers of cleaved caspase 3 (CC3)-positive granulosa cells are decreased in eCG-primed mutant ovaries
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• the increased numbers of corpora lutea are at different stages of differentiation than in controls
• steroid biosynthesis is similar in mutants as in controls indicating that even though life span of corpora lutea are extended, they do not remain steroidogenically active
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• granulosa cells exhibit increased proliferation
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