Table 1.
Fecundity of Sycp2l−/− and control females
| Genotype | 6 weeks–8 months |
8–14 months |
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| +/+ or +/− | −/− | P-value | +/+ or +/− | −/− | P-value | |
| Pups/cagea | 139.3 ± 24.4 | 122.3 ± 14.0 | 0.35 | 52.7 ± 6.8 | 29.3 ± 4.0 | 0.007* |
| Litters/cage | 15.7 ± 1.2 | 15.7 ± 1.5 | 1.00 | 10.3 ± 3.1 | 8.0 ± 1.0 | 0.28 |
| Litter size | 8.9 ± 2.6 | 7.8 ± 2.4 | 0.039* | 5.1 ± 2.8 | 3.7 ± 2.3 | 0.047* |
aEach cage housed one male and two females, starting out with 6-week-old females. Per group, three cages were assessed until females reached the age of 14 months.
*Significantly different per Student's t-Test.