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IT is generally agreed that when an adequate dose of gonadotrophin is injected into the immature female mammal, secretion of œstrogen takes place in the ovary and this in turn causes the uterus to increase in weight. While it is not certain that œstrogen ts the only uterine growth-promoting substance liberated by the ovary1 at that time, this will not alter the interpretation of the findings presented here.
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EMMENS, C., CLARINGBOLD, P. & LAMOND, D. Action of Gonadotrophins on the Ovary. Nature 180, 38–39 (1957). https://doi.org/10.1038/180038a0
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