Table 1 Follicles and corpora lutea per ovarian section in LD Siberian hamster estrous cycle

Proestrus

7.00 (0.7)^a

0.72 (0.2)^ac

0.77 (0.2)^a

0.10 (0.0)^a

Estrus

6.17 (0.8)^a

2.02 (0.5)^b

1.13 (0.5)^a

0.24 (0.1)^a

Diestrus I

4.77 (1.0)^ab

1.10 (0.2)^a

0.97 (0.1)^a

0.90 (0.2)^b

Diestrus II

2.79 (0.5)^b

0.15 (0.1)^c

3.43 (0.7)^b

0.97 (0.1)^b