ea0041ep710 | Male Reproduction | ECE2016
Weitzel Joachim M
, Michaelis Marten
, Sobczak Alexander
, Langhammer Martina
, Nurnberg Gerd
, Reinsch Norbert
, Hartmann Michaela F
, Wudy Stefan A
, Schon Jennifer
Animal models are valuable tools in fertility research. Worldwide, there are more than 1000 transgenic or knockout mouse models available showing a reproductive phenotype; almost all of them exhibit an infertile or at least subfertile phenotype. By contrast, animal models revealing an improved fertility phenotype are barely described. We developed two outbred mouse models exhibiting a high-fertility phenotype. These mouse lines were generated via selection over a t...