Mouse Modeling, Part 2: Breeding and Crossing Mice
Type
Blog Post
Published
Aug. 6, 2019, 12:55 p.m.
...separately introduce each mutation independently into different mice, and then these strains should be crossed...When crossed to a mouse that is homozygous for a different mutation, the F1 offspring will be either hemizygous...include embryonic lethality, a short lifespan, or infertility and can arise due to copy number, expression ...transgene. These problems can be mitigated in different ways. Prior to engineering a transgenic strain...engineered mice. Best wishes on your experiment!
References
Becher, Burkhard, Ari Waisman, and Li-Fan Lu....