Analysis Tools
endocrine/exocrine glands
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• testes nearly normal
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• pituitary gland lacked identifiable somatotropes
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• reduced numbers of thyrotropic hormone producing cells
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• anterior pituitary reduced in size
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• follicles were small and some tissue was not organized into follicles
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• large follicles absent
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small ovary
(
J:12169
)
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growth/size/body
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• daily i.p. injections of bovine growth hormone for ~ 6 weeks produced animals of nearly normal size
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homeostasis/metabolism
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• deficient
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• deficient
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• deficient
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• males, in the pituitary
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• males
• treatment with ovine prolactin or prolactin producing grafts, resulted in increased FSH levels
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• males, in the pituitary
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reproductive system
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• large follicles absent
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small ovary
(
J:12169
)
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• still infertile after treatment with bovine growth hormone
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• became fertile after treatment with bovine growth hormone
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nervous system
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• pituitary gland lacked identifiable somatotropes
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• reduced numbers of thyrotropic hormone producing cells
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• anterior pituitary reduced in size
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