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Figure 5

From: Computational modelling of bovine ovarian follicle development

Figure 5

The production of androgens and estradiol in the follicle. (A-B) Production of (A) androgens and (B) estradiol. Only part of the domain is shown, i.e. theca (white), granulosa cells (dark grey), and a part of the COC (light grey). (C-D) Concentration profiles of (C) androgens and (D) estradiol. The five time points are equally spaced at 0 (black), 1 (cyan), 2 (blue), 3 (green), 4 (yellow), and 5 days (red) curves. All panels show the concentration profiles on a scaled domain. The shading indicates the different parts of the follicle, i.e. theca (white), granulosa cells (dark grey), COC (light grey), and follicular fluid (blue). Androgens are produced only in the theca, and estradiol is produced only in the granulosa cells. In the follicular fluid steroids are neither produced nor degraded. (E-F) The average steroid concentrations of (E) androgens and (F) estradiol in the follicular fluid over time. The shaded area indicates the standard deviation of the simulations when noise is applied to the parameter values.

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