L L Burger; D J Haisenleder; A C Dalkin; J C Marshall

Figure 3

The changes in gonadotropin subunit primary transcript (PT) concentrations following OVX. Pituitaries were collected from intact rats or rats OVX for the indicated times. n=5–9/group. Each bar represents the mean±s.e. Bars with different letters are significantly (P < 0.05) different. Reproduced with permission from Burger et al. 2001.

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