Table 2.

Characteristics of 24 PL mice used for TRF length analysis

PL mouse group		SC-LL		SC-inbred		CH-RAN		CH-MK		CH-wild
	Gender (Mouse #)	Male (n = 18)	Female (n = 20)	Male (n = 6)	Female (n = 3)	Male (n = 15)	Female (n = 19)	Male (n = 22)	Female (n = 26)	Male (n = 19)	Female (n = 9)
TRF (kb)	Range	3.7 – 10.0	3.8 – 7.2	14.8 – 22.9	19.6 – 21.6	13.2 – 19.9	11.0 – 20.2	10.1 – 18.3	11.2 – 16.4	11.3 – 19.1	12.2 – 19.3
		(3.7 – 10.0)		(14.8 – 22.9)		(11.0 – 20.2)		(10.1 – 18.3)		(11.3 – 19.3)
	Mean ± SEM	5.29 ± 0.37	5.49 ± 0.19	20.08 ± 1.43	20.92 ± 0.64	15.87 ± 0.52	15.42 ± 0.58	14.56 ± 0.50	13.62 ± 0.28	15.63 ± 0.43	15.03 ± 0.78
		(5.39 ± 0.20)		(20.36 ± 0.96)		(15.61 ± 0.39)		(14.05 ± 0.28)		(15.44 ± 0.38)
Death age (Day)	Range	91 – 176	60 – 242	191 – 333	246 – 299	111 – 112	87 – 107	210 – 275	225 – 275	N/A	N/A
		(60 – 242)		(191 – 333)		(87 – 112)		(210 – 275)		(N/A)
	Mean ± SEM	123.3 ± 8.1	156.0 ± 15.8	265.0 ± 26.1	281.3 ± 17.7	111.6 ± 0.13	94.4 ± 1.60	236.6 ± 4.2	256.6 ± 3.3	N/A	N/A
		(140.5 ± 9.44)		(270.4 ± 17.83)		(102.0 ± 1.75)		(247.4 ± 2.97)		(N/A)

TRF lengths (kb) or death ages of male, female, or male plus female (in parenthesis) in five PL mouse groups are indicated with ranges and mean ± SEM. N/A: not applicable because ages of wild-captured mice were unknown.