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Four-of-seven control and 5-of-6 restricted ewes were pregnant with female fetuses; twin females were present in two control animals and in one restricted animal.
Parameters recorded after slaughter included: weights of ewes, fetuses, maternal and fetal ovaries, and isolated corpora lutea; fetal sex; corpora lutea per ewe; and numbers of follicles ≥3 mm diameter visible at the surface of maternal ovaries.
The primary objective of this investigation was to compare p53 responses of germ cells in fetal ovaries of ewes receiving adequate or restricted diets.
Increases above controls in immunoreactive 8-oxoguanine, p53, Bcl-2, and polymerase β were detected in germ cells of fetal ovaries from diet-limited ewes.
Equally important, other studies have shown that loss-of-function and naturally occurring mutations in BMP ligands and receptors are associated with dysregulation of folliculogenesis and ovulation [ 14 15 16 17 18 19 ] . Of particular interest is the finding that ewes having a mutation in the bmp15 gene in both alleles are infertile whereas the heterozygotes are superfertile [ 16 ] . Thus, the bmp15 gene can control ovulation quota through a dosage-sensitive mechanism.