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Fertility assessment. Body weight, number of plugs, offspring and pregnancy rate based on mating of wild-type male and female mice.
| Fertility assessment | Females | Males | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genotype | miR-29a/b1 KO | Wild-type | miR-29a KO | Wild-type |
| Body weight (g) | 16.35 ± 0.2228 | 20.72 ± 0.9777 | 20.02 ± 1.076 | 23.7 ± 0.6186 |
| Number of plugs | 1/25 (4%) | 10/12 (83.3) | 9/15 (60%) | 5/6 (83.3%) |
| Mean litter size | 2 | 7.6 | 5.5 | 7.6 |
| Pregnancies rate (%) | 8**** | 91.7 | 66.7** | 83.3 |
**p < 0.01, ****p < 0.0001.
