Table 1. Summary of double transgenic mice generated in this study.

	Genotype	Total	Male	Female	smDicer	Phenotype
1	Dicer+/+;smMHC+/+	7	3	4	Wild type	Normal
2	Dicer+/+;smMHCCre-GFP/+	13	10	3	Wild type	Normal
3	Dicerlox/lox;smMHC+/+	7	3	4	Wild type	Normal
4	Dicerlox/+;smMHCCre-GFP/+	8	4	4	Wild type	Normal
5	Dicerlox/+;smMHC+/+	27	11	16	Wild type	Normal
6	Dicerlox/Δ;smMHC+/+	10	10	0	Heterozygous null	Normal
7*	Dicerlox/Δ;smMHCCre-GFP/+	13	7	6	Homozygous null	GI distension
8	Dicerlox/Δ/+;smMHCCre-GFP/+	23	13	10	Mixed	Normal
9	DicerΔ/+;smMHC+/+	7	5	2	Heterozygous null	Normal
10	DicerΔ/+;smMHCCre-GFP/+	21	12	9	Heterozygous null	Normal

Dicer^lox/Δ;smMHC^Cre-GFP/+ was renamed to smDicer^{−/−;Cre-GFP/+}.