Effect of Maternal Undernutrition on Offspring Ovarian GDF-9 mRNA expression levels.

<p>Maternal UN occurring during pregnancy (UNP) and throughout pregnancy and lactation (UNPL) resulted in a significant reduction in ovarian GDF9 mRNA levels in chow-fed offspring. Data were normalised to beta-actin and relative mRNA data were normalised to 100% chow-fed Control. Data are presented as means ± S.E.M. Two-Way ANOVA Main Effects: maternal diet p = 0.004; postnatal diet = 0.036; interaction p = 0.503. Holm-Sidak Post-hoc analyses: * p<0.05 compared to chow-fed Controls. # p = 0.016 compared to HF-fed Controls.