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What forms the corpus luteum ? Name the hormones secreted by it.

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(i) Corpus luteum is a yellow coloured endocrine gland formed inside the ovary from Graafian follicle after the ovulation, (ii) It secretes progesterone hormone during gestation period while during parturition, it changes into corpus albicans which secretes relaxin hormone.
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