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. 2009 Sep 8;122(19):3566–3578. doi: 10.1242/jcs.051904

Table 2.

Biomechanical properties of mouse femurs from three-point bending

Mouse type Stiffness (N/mm) Yield bending moment (N mm) Maximum bending moment (N mm) Energy to max moment (N mm)
WT 119±8.3 50.4±8.82 68.5±14.4 3.46±0.77
Axin2 KO 156±16.0* 55.8±10.6* 82.5±8.76* 2.90±0.59

Data presented as mean ± s.d. *P<0.05, unpaired Student's t-test. WT, wild type littermates; KO knockout