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Figure 4 
Photomicrographs of atretic postovulatory follicles of Lophius litulon. (A) and (B) 
Early-stage postovulatory follicles. (B) shows that the granulosa cells are arranged in 
an orderly manner together with the thecal cells. (C) Late-stage postovulatory follicles. 
Bar = 75 pm; 1 = follicular lumen; g = granulosa cell layer; t = thecal cell layer. 
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Figure 5 
Photomicrographs of testes in the four different stages of maturity in Lophius litulon. 
(A) Stage 1 (immature). < B i Stage 2 (early spermatogenesis). (C) Stage 3 (late spermatogen- 
esis). ( D) Stage 4 (mature). Bar = 100 pm; st = spermatid; sz = spermatozoon. 
