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Once they are ovulated, the eggs are exposed to but few hazards until laid; counts of corpora lutea are an accurate indication of the number of eggs laid.

From Natural History of the Ornate Box Turtle, Terrapene ornata ornata Agassiz by Legler, John M.

It is also, in my opinion, unreasonable to suppose that the rudimentary corpora lutea of lower viviparous Vertebrates arose as a mutation the result of which was to cause internal development of the ovum.

From Hormones and Heredity by Cunningham, J. T.

O'Donoghue, however, concludes from a study of the Marsupial Dasyurus that the stimulus which upon the milk glands proceeds from the corpora lutea in the ovary.

From Hormones and Heredity by Cunningham, J. T.

Atresia of corpora lutea began when eggs were laid, was completed by mid-August, and was coincident with atresia of large follicles that did not undergo ovulation.

From Natural History of the Ornate Box Turtle, Terrapene ornata ornata Agassiz by Legler, John M.

According to O'Donoghue, in the Marsupial Dasyurus there seems to be no difference either in the development of the milk glands or of the corpora lutea between the pregnant and the non-pregnant animal.

From Hormones and Heredity by Cunningham, J. T.