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ArticleExperimental animals2014

Littermate influence on infant growth in mice: comparison of SJL/J and ICR as cotransferred carrier embryos.

Ryosuke Kaneko, Toshie Kakinuma, Sachiko Sato, Atsushi Jinno-Oue, Hidekazu Hata

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Article in Experimental animals, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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  3. Maternal prolactin during late pregnancy is important in generating nurturing behavior in the offspring.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2017
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5 authors.

Ryosuke KanekoBioresource Center, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, 3-39-22 Showa-machi, Maebashi, Gunma 371-8511, Japan.
Toshie Kakinuma
Sachiko Sato
Atsushi Jinno-Oue
Hidekazu Hata

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In mice, a minimum number of healthy embryos is required to trigger and maintain pregnancy. Therefore, when recovering mouse embryos from a limited litter, one useful technique is to transfer carrier ICR embryos along with the embryos of interest, a technique referred to as cotransfer. In this study, we examined suitable mouse strains for cotransfer with C57BL/6J (B6) embryos in regards to the maintenance of pregnancy, number of pups born, intrauterine growth, and postnatal growth. Because the coat color of B6 is black, we compared two white coat-colored strains, SJL/J and ICR. Cotransfer of SJL/J and ICR embryos had similar effects on maintenance of pregnancy, number of pups born, and intrauterine growth. However, the postnatal growth of B6 mouse pups cotransferred and grown with SJL/J pups was better than for B6 mouse pups cotransferred and grown with ICR pups, suggesting competition among littermates. These results demonstrate that cotransfer of SJL/J embryos will be useful not only as carrier embryos with B6-background embryos but also as a model system to examine littermate competition.

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Animals, Genetically ModifiedEmbryo TransferAnimalsFemaleLitter SizeMaleMice, Inbred C57BLMice, Inbred ICRPregnancy

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PMID25007838
PMCPMC4244286

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