Group | Initial body weight, g | Final body weight, g | Plasma E2 level, pg ml−1 | ||||
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Light phase | Dark phase | Light phase | Dark phase | Light phase | Dark phase | ||
Experiment 1 | OVX | 240 ± 20 | 254 ± 23 | 262 ± 17‡ | 273 ± 21‡ | 47 ± 6 | 53 ± 4 |
OVX + E2 | 228 ± 9 | 252 ± 32 | 244 ± 13 | 258 ± 21 | 142 ± 25* | 159 ± 31* | |
Experiment 2 | D | 234 ± 40 | 224 ± 7 | 242 ± 26 | 240 ± 6 | 47 ± 6 | 43 ± 12 |
P | 250 ± 24 | 256 ± 26 | 254 ± 10 | 261 ± 16 | 125 ± 29† | 119 ± 6† |