Figure 1.

DXA measurements of bone parameters of excised bones. The area BMD (a and d), bone area (b and e), and BMC (c and f) of excised tibiae (a–c) and vertebrae L₅ (d–f) were measured using DXA as described in Methods. Four-week-old mice are indicated as prepubertal mice (female WT and ERβ^–/– mice [n = 6]; male WT and ERβ^–/– mice [n = 7]). Eleven-week-old mice are indicated as adult mice (female WT and ERβ^–/– mice [n =7]; male WT and ERβ^–/– mice [n = 5]). Values are given as mean ± SEM. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01 vs. WT.