Table III. Forelimb strength and fertility in mice produced from manipulated and control embryos.
| Group and gender | Test of forelimb forcea |
Reproductive abilityb |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mice examined (weeks old) | Force index (mean ± S.E.) | Mice examined (weeks old) | Average no. generated/female | |
| g | ||||
| Biopsied | ||||
| Male | 3 (6) | 60.4 ± 3.4c | 5 (8–12) | 12.3 ± 1.5c |
| Female | 3 (6) | 53.5 ± 4.3c | 5 (8–12) | |
| Control | ||||
| Male | 3 (6) | 56.1 ± 2.9c | 5 (8–12) | 8.7 ± 0.9c |
| Female | 3 (6) | 53.2 ± 3.6c | 5 (8–12) | |
a Three individual samples of both male and female mice in every group were selected to test forelimb force index, and every individual was tested three times in 1 week.
b Five individual samples of both male and female mice in every group were selected to test fertility.
c Within each column, values with same superscript letters are not statistically different at 0.05 level of significance.