Table 1.

Outgrowth of Clonal B Cell Populations in C3H-lpr, C3H-gld, and BALB-gld Mice

Strain		Age Range		Number of mice		IgH and IgL gene rearrangements
						Mono- or biclonal*		Oligoclonal‡		None§
		mo
BALB-gld		4–8		12		2		3		7
		9–15		46‖		26		13		4
BALB+/+		10–21		22		0		0		22
C3H-gld		4–8		9		0		0		9
		11–15		68		19		10		39
C3H-lpr		11–15		25		8		4		14
C3H+/+		11–15		25		0		0		25

^* Spleen and LN cell DNA with ≤4 prominent rearranged clonal IgH and IgL bands.  

^‡ Spleen and LN cell DNA with >4 rearranged IgH and IgL bands.  

^§ No detectable clonal rearrangements.  

^‖ Three mice had rearranged IgH bands without detectable rearranged IgL bands.