Figure 3 in Microhabitat, diet, and reproductive activity of a population of the Andean shrew Cryptotis tamensis (Eulipotyphla: Soricidae)

Figure 3. Histological sections of the ovaries in Cryptotis tamensis. (a) A large active corpus luteum in the ovary of a female in early gestation; (b) a pre-antral follicle in the ovary of a non-pregnant female; (c) primordial, primary and secondary follicles in development in a non-reproductive female; (d) primordial follicles in the small ovaries of a juvenile female. Corpus luteum: circle with dashed line; pre-antral follicle: continuous-line circle; primary follicle: black arrows; secondary follicle: white arrows. Scale bars represent 200 μm.