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. 2011 Mar 23;6(3):e18152. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0018152

Table 1. Mean ± S.E.M. values for reproductive outcomes in Time-mated and Pair-housed breeding dyads.

Breeding Group
Reproductive Outcome Measurement Time-mated Pair-housed
Mating success Days to conception 2.94 ± 0.59 4.57 ± 1.00
Litter size Pups born (n) 6.00 ± 0.32 5.46 ± 0.42
Litter maintenance Pups survived (n) 2.94 ± 0.71 3.57 ± 0.82
Sex ratio Male pups (n) 1.19 ± 0.32 1.64 ± 0.48
Female pups (n) 1.87 ± 0.46 1.93 ± 0.58
Body weights Adult male offspring (g) 26.13 ± 0.45 25.66 ± 0.28
Adult female offspring (g) 20.12 ± 0.24 20.28 ± 0.28
Total litters (n) 15 13