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Table 1 Hemolymph vitellogenin and lipophorin titers and length of the basal oocytes of adult female Leucophaea maderae, following the implantation of active prothoracic glands.
Controls: Number of animals Bled. Days after mating or operation Oocyte length mm Vitellogenin µg/µl hemolymph Lipophorin µg/µl hemolymph
a. Normal,mated 5 6 2.78plus or minus0.33 10.30plus or minus0.99 5.61plus or minus0.82
b. virgin 31 27-32 2.45plus or minus0.21 n.d. n.d.
c. Allatectomy 4 10 1.10plus or minus0.02 0.00 3.17plus or minus0.55
d. Muscle implants, mated thereafter 8 7-8 3.70plus or minus0.26 7.88plus or minus1.07 6.60plus or minus0.59
e. Virgins, NCCI severed, one side 15 17-20 2.33plus or minus0.25 8.50plus or minus1.20 6.84plus or minus1.15
Pg implantations:
f. Pg implanted,
virgin		 15
24		 12-24
29-47*		 1.12plus or minus0.02
1.15plus or minus0.01		 1.56plus or minus0.74
n.d.		 9.59plus or minus1.58
n.d.
g. Pg implanted, mated thereafter 24 10 1.40plus or minus0.07 3.74plus or minus1.16 11.84plus or minus1.63
h. Pg implanted, NCCI severed, one side, virgin 14 7-17 1.14plus or minus0.02 0.23plus or minus0.01 5.94plus or minus0.76

plus or minus standard error of the mean.
* 9 animals had been ready to molt within this period.
n.d. not determined; Pg, prothoracic glands
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