Pheromonal Facilitation of HCG-Induced Ovulation in Different Strains of Immature Mice1

Autor: M. X. Zarrow, B. E. Eleftheriou, V. H. Denenberg
Rok vydání: 1972
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Zdroj: Biology of Reproduction. 6:277-280
ISSN: 1529-7268
0006-3363
DOI: 10.1093/biolreprod/6.2.277
Popis: Five strains of mice were examined for pheromonal facilitationof HCG-induced ovulation. Significant facilitation of both the percentage of mice ovulating and the average number of ova released was obtained in the SJL/J, the SWR/J and the C3H/HeJ strains. Two of the five strains tested, i.e., the DBA/2J and the C57BL/6J strains, failed to show a pheromonal facilitationof HCG-induced ovulation. An increased number of ova per mouse ovulating also was exhibited in two (SJL/J and C3H/HeJ) of the three strains that showed facilitation.A comparison of the five strains for pheromonal facilitation of either PMSGinduced ovulation (previously reported by us) or HCG-induced ovulation indicates that the three strains (SJL/J, SWR/J, C3H/HeJ), that exhibited facilitation when treated with PMSG, also showed facilitation when treated with HCG.
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