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Table 4 Body size, growth rate and length phenotypes of HG.CAST speed congenic strains

From: Genome-wide isolation of growth and obesity QTL using mouse speed congenic strains

Strain

Sex

N

2WK (g)

3WK (g)

6WK (g)

9WK (g)

G26 (g)

G29 (g)

NA (cm)

Tail (cm)

HGC

M

31

7.4 ± 0.2

10.1 ± 0.3

30.4 ± 0.4

36.4 ± 0.4

23.1 ± 0.3

29.0 ± 0.4

10.2 ± 0.05

8.0 ± 0.04

HG1

M

19

6.9 ± 0.3

9.6 ± 0.4

28.8 ± 0.6

34.7 ± 0.6

21.9 ± 0.5

27.8 ± 0.5

9.9 ± 0.07

7.8 ± 0.06

HG8

M

15

6.7 ± 0.4

9.2 ± 0.5

29.7 ± 0.8

35.2 ± 0.8

23.1 ± 0.6

28.5 ± 0.7

10.2 ± 0.09

7.9 ± 0.08

HG9

M

29

6.8 ± 0.2

8.8 ± 0.3

27.6 ± 0.5

34.7 ± 0.5

20.7 ± 0.4

27.9 ± 0.4

9.9 ± 0.05

7.8 ± 0.05

HG11

M

23

7.8 ± 0.3

11.1 ± 0.4

31.7 ± 0.6

38.3 ± 0.6

23.8 ± 0.5

30.4 ± 0.5

10.4 ± 0.07

8.4 ± 0.06

HG17

M

10

8.4 ± 0.4

11.4 ± 0.6

29.0 ± 0.9

34.0 ± 1.0

20.7 ± 0.7

25.7 ± 0.8

9.9 ± 0.11

7.5 ± 0.09

HGC

F

23

7.4 ± 0.2

10.1 ± 0.3

23.3 ± 0.5

25.9 ± 0.5

15.9 ± 0.4

18.5 ± 0.4

9.6 ± 0.06

7.8 ± 0.05

HG1

F

31

6.3 ± 0.2

8.2 ± 0.4

21.1 ± 0.5

24.7 ± 0.6

14.8 ± 0.4

18.3 ± 0.5

9.4 ± 0.06

7.5 ± 0.05

HG8

F

22

6.5 ± 0.4

8.7 ± 0.5

23.1 ± 0.8

26.0 ± 0.8

16.5 ± 0.6

19.5 ± 0.7

9.6 ± 0.09

7.6 ± 0.08

HG9

F

27

7.5 ± 0.2

9.7 ± 0.3

22.6 ± 0.4

25.7 ± 0.5

15.1 ± 0.3

18.2 ± 0.4

9.3 ± 0.05

7.6 ± 0.05

HG11

F

24

7.2 ± 0.2

9.6 ± 0.3

22.1 ± 0.5

24.8 ± 0.5

14.8 ± 0.4

17.5 ± 0.5

9.3 ± 0.06

8.0 ± 0.05

HG17

F

17

8.4 ± 0.3

11.0 ± 0.4

22.0 ± 0.6

25.2 ± 0.7

13.6 ± 0.5

16.8 ± 0.5

9.3 ± 0.07

7.4 ± 0.06

  1. 2WK, weight at 2 weeks of age; 3WK, weight at 3 weeks of age; 6WK, weight at 6 weeks of age; 9WK, weight at 9 weeks of age; G26, weight gain from 2 to 6 weeks of age; G29, weight gain from 2 to 9 weeks of age; NA, nasal-anal body length; Tail, tail length. Values are expressed as least square means (LSMEANS) ± SEM. LSMEANS in bold are significantly different than the control (HGC) (critical P < 0.005) after Bonferroni correction within each sex.