Analysis Tools
reproductive system
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• female homozygotes exhibit reduced ability to produce live offspring when mated with hemizygous mutant males
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• pairs of mutant mice produce an average of 2.0 0.5 litters per pair (range 0-3), whereas wild-type mice produce an average of 3.1 0.1 litters per pair (range 3-4)
• ~50% of mutant litters die within a few days of birth relative to only 8% of wild-type litters
• the average sizes of surviving litters are almost the same for mutant and wild-type mice
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