Table 2 Peripheral serum concentrations of FSH, LH, P4 and E2 in ewes with three FecB genotypes under superovulation treatment.

From: Single-cell RNA-seq reveals the effects of the FecB mutation on the transcriptome profile in ovine cumulus cells

Genotype (N)

FSH (mIU/mL)

LH (mIU/mL)

P4 (ng/mL)

E2 (pg/mL)

WW (5)

3.71 ± 0.33

6.18 ± 1.01

0.27 ± 0.06

38.14 ± 5.16a

WB (5)

3.56 ± 0.29

6.56 ± 0.86

0.30 ± 0.01

22.78 ± 2.67b

BB (5)

3.54 ± 0.35

7.70 ± 1.22

0.23 ± 0.04

18.62 ± 2.07b

  1. In the same column, values with different lowercase superscript letters indicate significant differences (P < 0.05), the same superscript letter or no superscript letter indicates no significant difference (P > 0.05).