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- noun A period of
sexual inactivity (in femalemammals ) between periods ofoestrus .
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Stem-cell-enriched CD49f hi cells amplify at dioestrus, or with exogenous progesterone, demonstrating a key role for progesterone in propelling this expansion.
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