Table 1. No. of CAFCs per 100,000 BM cells.
| Age of animals, months
|
Days of culture
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strain | 14 | 21 | 28 | 35 | |
| C57BL/6 | 2 | 51.6 ± 5.3 | 21.4 ± 2.8 | 4.7 ± 0.7 | 1.8 ± 0.2 |
| 21 | 37.6 ± 2.2 | 25.4 ± 7.9 | 19.6 ± 3.9 | 9.6 ± 1.0 | |
| 24 | 51.5 ± 4.5 | 35.3 ± 6.2 | 19.7 ± 3.8 | 10.7 ± 1.1 | |
| B6.D2 chr. 2, 130-180 Mbp | 2 | 34.5 ± 4.0 | 8.0 ± 1.4 | 3.7 ± 0.4 | 2.0 ± 0.3 |
| 15 | 23.5 ± 5.9 | 13.4 ± 3.1 | 5.1 ± 1.6 | 2.7 ± 0.6 | |
| 24 | 23.5 ± 2.0 | 19.8 ± 2.5 | 10.6 ± 1.1 | 5.5 ± 0.9 | |
C57BL/6 (2 months), n = 18 animals, 9 individual measurements; B6.D2 (chr. 2) (2 months), n = 11 animals, 9 individual measurements; C57BL/6 (21 months), n = 11 animals, 3 individual measurements; B6.D2 (chr. 2) (21 months), n = 2, 2 individual measurements; C57BL/6 (24 months), n = 2, 6 individual measurements; and B6.D2 (chr. 2) (24 months), n = 2, 6 individual measurements, mean ± 1 SEM.