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Table 4 Sample sizes and mean, minimum, and maximum percentage of recipient strain alleles for backcross individuals from a speed congenic experiment backcrossing BALB/c-IL4/IL13 into C57BL/6J. Percentages are calculated using the SNPs determined to be diagnostic for the two parent strains

From: A new mouse SNP genotyping assay for speed congenics: combining flexibility, affordability, and power

Donor strain

Source

Backcross number

n

% C57BL/6J alleles

Mean

Min

Max

BALB/c-IL4/IL13

Jackson Laboratory (Cat# 015859)

2

13

73.6

65.8

81.3

  

3

8

89.6

84.5

95.7

  

4

14

96.5

93.9

98.8

  

5

28

99.0

98.0

99.6

  

6

6

99.4

99.3

99.8