reproductive system
• older females (16 weeks) show a reduction in primordial follicle number and total follicle number indicating a progressive, age related, exhaustion of primordial follicle reserve
• however, no differences are seen in the number of primordial, primary, and secondary/antral follicles of pre-pubertal females
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small ovary
(
J:281161
)
• ovaries appear smaller
• however, uterine horns appear normal
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• ovary weight is reduced by about 30%
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• total number of pups obtained from females decrease each month as females age
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• females give birth to only one litter over a period of 20 weeks compared to 3 litters for wild-type females, with fewer pups than in wild-type
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• females give birth to an average of 3 to 4 pups per litter compared to 8 pups per litter for wild-type
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mortality/aging
• total number of pups obtained from females decrease each month as females age
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endocrine/exocrine glands
• older females (16 weeks) show a reduction in primordial follicle number and total follicle number indicating a progressive, age related, exhaustion of primordial follicle reserve
• however, no differences are seen in the number of primordial, primary, and secondary/antral follicles of pre-pubertal females
|
small ovary
(
J:281161
)
• ovaries appear smaller
• however, uterine horns appear normal
|
• ovary weight is reduced by about 30%
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