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Table 1 Phenotypic characteristics of F 1 mice

From: Effect of Targeted Mutation in Collagen V α2 Gene on Development of Cutaneous Hyperplasia in Tight Skin Mice

Mouse Strain

No.

Genotype

Frequency

Skin Thickness (µm)

Percent of Soluble Collagen

Serum Anti-topo I Autoantibodies (µg/ml)

Expected

Observed

Col I

Col V

TSK/+

5

TSK/+

5.0

5

239 ± 6

12.7 ± 0.6

5.1 ± 1.5

10.3 ± 0.80

pN/pN

3

pN/pN

3.0

3

210 ± 13

8.1 ± 1.7

2.9 ± 0.1

3.6 ± 0.10

F1

18

TSK/+, pN/+

9.5

5

123 ± 27

10.3 ± 3.3

3.0 ± 1.4

4.2 ± 2.0

  

+/+, pN/+

9.5

9

107 ± 21

9.7 ± 2.9

2.3 ± 0.5

5.7 ± 3.1

  

ND, pN/+

4

97 ± 14

8.4 ± 3.7

2.8 ± 1.3

  1. F1 = TSK/+ X pN/pN mice; ± values are means ± SD; ND, TSK genotype was not determined as DNA from these mice were not extracted.