Table 3

Fertility of mouse strains

Strain
Generation
No of breeding pairs
No of litters per breeding pair
Litter size







Median (inner quartiles; range)

DBA/2J
F 167-F 169
7
4 (3–7; 1–14)
4 (2–5; 1–8)
C57BL/6J
F 166-F 170
68
6 (5–8; 2–10)
6 (4–8; 1–11)
D2.129P2(CF/3)-CftrTgH(neoim)Hgu
N10F 9-F 12
19
4 (3–7; 1–10)
4 (2–5; 1–10)
B6.129P2(CF/3)-CftrTgH(neoim)Hgu
N12F 8-F 12
21
4 (3–5; 1–7)
5 (3–7; 1–11)
CF/1-CftrTgH(neoim)Hgu
F 27-F 40
106
3 (2–4; 1–10)
5 (3–6; 1–10)
CF/3-CftrTgH(neoim)Hgu
F 27-F 40
93
3 (2–3; 1–8)
6 (4–7; 1–10)

Tóth et al. BMC Genetics 2008 9:28   doi:10.1186/1471-2156-9-28