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. 2009 Mar 31;4(3):e4943. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004943

Figure 2. Time course of generation turnover and the rate of markers homozygous for the C57BL/6 (B6) type.

Figure 2

a) Vasa–Venus transgenic strain. All markers (n = 74) were homozygous for B6 at N5 on day 188. b) EdnraEGFP/+ knockin strain. All markers (n = 86) were homozygous for B6 at N3 on day 106 and N4 offspring were obtained on day 151. c) ENU-induced Gdf5 mutant strain. The N5 generation was obtained on day 190 and was 97.7% (172/176) homozygous for B6. There were 74, 86 and 176 polymorphic markers, which identified the alleles for the C57BL/6Cr:DBA/2Cr, C57BL/6Cr:129 and C57BL/6J:DBA/2J strains, respectively. Each generation turnover was between 42 and 45 days: the age of the donor male plus the gestation period (20 days) minus the one-day overlap between them.