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Breeding genetically modified rodents: tips for tracking and troubleshooting reproductive performance.

Murray KA, Parker NJ

Charles River Laboratories, Transgenic Services, Wilmington, MA 01887, USA. kmurray@criver.com

Infertility or reduced fertility in genetically modified mouse strains represents a serious bottleneck for planned research projects. The authors describe simple methods for troubleshooting poor reproductive performance in breeding colonies and introduce various means of assisted reproduction that might be used to 'rescue' infertile lines.

Published 4 April 2005 in Lab Anim (NY), 34(4): 36-41.
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