Article
Relationship between the number of immunostaining gonadotropes and the plasma concentrations of gonadotrophins in ewes with and without the FecBB gene.
Journal of reproduction and fertility - 1 Jan 1996
Heath D A, Caldani M, McNatty K P
Abstract excerpt
Booroola ewes possess a major gene, FecBB, that influences their ovulation rate (number of ovulations per oestrous cycle). Homozygous (BB) carriers of the FecBB gene have higher plasma concentrations of FSH and sometimes LH relative to the non-carriers (++). The aim of this study was to determine...
Topics
- Animals
- Cell Count
- Cell Size
- Female
- Fertility
- Follicle Stimulating Hormone
- Genotype
- Gonadotropins, Pituitary
- Immunohistochemistry
- Luteinizing Hormone
- Ovulation
- Pituitary Gland
- Pituitary Gland, Anterior
- Sheep