Write the appropriate letter in the blank by using the following answer code to indicate the relative magnitude of the two items in question.
-A. Plasma concentration of progesterone during the follicular phase of the ovarian cycle.
B. Plasma concentration of progesterone during the luteal phase of the ovarian cycle.
A)A is greater than B.
B)B is greater than A.
C)A and B are approximately equal.

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During the luteal phase, the corpus luteum produces progesterone, which increases the plasma concentration of progesterone. Therefore, the plasma concentration of progesterone during the luteal phase (B) is greater than during the follicular phase (A).

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