Figure 9
Representative photomicrograph of rat ovaries (HE, × 400). Female offspring of Control parents (A), obese father (B), obese mother (C), and obese parents (D). Primordial follicle (PRF), primary follicle (PF), secondary follicle density (SF) antral follicle (ANF), atretic Follicle (AF), corpus lutea (CL), cystic follicles (CF) vascular congestion (C) and edema (E). Quantification of the histological lesion scoring in different studied groups. Data are presented as mean ± SD and n = 8. a: Significantly different compared with offspring of control parents, b: significantly different compared with offspring of obese fathers, c: significantly different compared with offspring of obese mothers by ANOVA followed by Post Hoc test (Tukey), at P < 0.05. (Abbreviations: F1 first generation female offspring, CP control parents, OF obese father, OM obese mother, OP obese parents).
