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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Aug 8.
Published in final edited form as: Reproduction. 2012 Jan 24;143(4):449–453. doi: 10.1530/REP-12-0005

Table 2.

Development of second generation of Apoe−/− mice by natural mating.

Fresh spermatozoon group ED spermatozoon group
No. of natural mating pairs 5 6
No. of litters born 5 5
Litter rate (%) 100 83.3
No. of pups born 30 28
Sex ratio (M/F) 14/16 17/11

ED, evaporatively dried; litter rate (%), number of litters born/number of breeding pairs. There are no significant differences between these groups.