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Table 1 Summary of G1 and G2 breeding outcomes

From: Maternal vitamin D depletion alters DNA methylation at imprinted loci in multiple generations

 

Cross

Diet

No. of litters

Percent of matings with litter (%)

Average litter size ± S.E.M.

Male percentage (mean ± S.E.M.; %)

At birth

At weaning

G1

1

CON

13

87

7.0 ± 0.6

5.7 ± 0.9

46 ± 6 

LVD

11

83

6.2 ± 0.6

4.8 ± 1.0

51 ± 7

2

CON

12

75

7.3 ± 0.4

6.9 ± 0.6

51 ± 4

LVD

9

69

7.1 ± 0.6

7.1 ± 0.6

50 ± 5

G2

1

CON

10

91

8.9 ± 0.6

8.9 ± 0.6

53 ± 8

LVD

7

80

8.4 ± 1.0

8.4 ± 1.0

44 ± 8

2

CON

7

78

7.7 ± 1.1

7.7 ± 1.1

57 ± 4

LVD

5

83

9.0 ± 0.5

9.0 ± 0.5

54 ± 6

  1. Litter size at birth does not include litter sizes of zero (0). Litter size at weaning includes litters lost between birth and weaning
  2. S.E.M. standard error of the mean