Figure 7

Representative micrograph of staining for SMCA (black color) in ovarian tissues from autotransplanted (A, B, C; left column) and control (D, E, F; right column) ewes. Note presence of SMCA in blood vessels and connective tissue in the area containing primordial/primary/secondary follicles (A, D), in the thecal layer of preovulatory follicles (B, E), and in larger and smaller blood vessels of ovarian stroma (C, F). Arrows indicate primordial/primary/secondary follicles. G = granulosa in preovulatory follicles in B and E. Control sections did not exhibit any positive staining (see Fig. 8 insert). Bar = 50 µm for A, B, D, G and 100 µm for C and F.