Abstract
A comparison of the number of oocytes in fourteen pairs of hypophysectomized and litter-mate control rats showed that the number was greater in nine of the fourteen comparisons, and less in only five. This ratio is not significantly different from one of 7: 7. The mean total number of oocytes was, on the other hand, about 20 % greater in the operated animals, the statistical significance of the difference falling between P = 0·05–0·02. If any physiological significance attaches to this difference, the most likely explanation is that the rate of decline in the number of oocytes is less after removal of the pituitary than in normal animals.
Subject
Endocrinology,Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
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