Fig. 1

Experimental plan. By observing the vaginal plug at pregnancy day 1, the pregnant mice randomly fed fennel and flaxseed extracts, either alone or in combination, during pregnancy and lactation periods. After offspring weaning at postnatal day 21 (PND 21), they continue their mother’s diet until PND 56. At this day, the offspring sacrificed for assessment of ovarian tissue morphometry and gene expression profiling