From: Pappa2 deletion in mice affects male but not female fertility
 | Females | Males | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Pappa2 fl/fl | Pappa2 KO/KO | P-valuea | Pappa2 fl/fl | Pappa2 KO/KO | P-valuea |
N | 15 | 17 | Â | 6 | 10 | Â |
Mass at pairing (g) | 23.5 ± 0.5 | 20.7 ± 0.4 | 0.0001 | 30.5 ± 0.7 | 24.6 ± 0.5 | 0.0001 |
Age at pairing (weeks) | 19.5 ± 0.4 | 19.4 ± 0.4 | 0.80 | 19.5 ± 0.8 | 19.4 ± 0.6 | 0.97 |
Days between pairing and birth of first litter | 27.0 ± 2.0 | 24.0 ± 1.9 | 0.28 | 25.3 ± 2.2 | 22.3 ± 1.7 | 0.28 |
Days between births of first and second litters | 30.6 ± 1.1 | 26.7 ± 1.1 | 0.11 | 23.1 ± 1.1 | 38.8 ± 1.1 | 0.0001 |
Proportion of matings that produced second litter within 35 days of birth of first litterb | 8/14c = 57.14 % | 15/17 = 88.24 % | 0.10 | 6/6 = 100 % | 2/10 = 20 % | 0.0070 |
Size of first litter at birth | 8.1 ± 0.6 | 7.8 ± 0.6 | 0.75 | 8.8 ± 0.7 | 8.4 ± 0.6 | 0.65 |
Size of first litter at wean | 7.5 ± 0.6 | 7.3 ± 0.6 | 0.85 | 8.6 ± 0.8 | 8.2 ± 0.6 | 0.69 |
Size of second litter at birth | 7.6 ± 0.6 | 8.1 ± 0.5 | 0.50 | 6.3 ± 0.9 | 8.2 ± 1.0 | 0.20 |
Size of second litter at wean | 6.9 ± 0.6 | 7.4 ± 0.5 | 0.54 | 5.8 ± 0.8 | 6.0 ± 0.9 | 0.90 |