Development of embryos derived from females expressing truncatedβ-catenin in their oocytes crossed to males heterozygous for the deleted-floxed β-catenin allele
. | 2-cell stage embryos . | Expanded/hatched blastocysts . |
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Natural matings* | ||
Mutant (βF/βF;cre/Ø × βF-del/β) | 52 | 43 (83%) |
Control (βF/βF;Ø/Ø × βF-del/β) | 30 | 28 (93%) |
Superovulation† | ||
Mutant (βF/βF;cre/Ø × βF-del/β) | 79 | 71 (90%) |
Control (βF/βF;Ø/Ø × βF-del/β) | 20 | 19 (95%) |