Fig. 8. (A) Measurements of body mass over the course of the 50-week study. Means (± s.e.m.) for each of the 5-week blocks of the study are plotted on the x-axis. Baseline corresponds to the 5-week period prior to colony separation; the dotted line indicates the time of colony separation, and the remaining data blocks correspond to 1–45 weeks after removal from reproductive suppression. Significant differences between the paired females (N=2) and males (N=2) or controls (N=2) are noted with an asterisk (P<0.05). (B) Percent mean weight gain over the course of the 50-week study. Inset numbers on bars indicate the exact percent weight gain from baseline to 45 weeks after colony separation for each of the experimental conditions. Data from CC1 and CC2 are included.