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The effect of a null mutation in the follicle-stimulating hormone receptor gene on mouse reproduction.
Endocrinology - 1 May 2000
Abel M H, Wootton A N, Wilkins V, Huhtaniemi I, Knight P G, Charlton H M
Abstract excerpt
To investigate further brain-pituitary-gonadal interrelationships we have generated mice in which the gene encoding the FSH receptor has been disrupted. Female FSH receptor knockout (FSHRKO) mice were infertile. The ovaries were significantly reduced in size, with follicular development arrested at the preantral stage, but there was evidence of stromal hypertrophy. The vagina was imperforate, and the uterus was...
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