Reproduction Abstracts

Animal models are valuable tools in fertility research. Worldwide >800 transgenic or knockout mouse models are available showing a reproductive phenotype; almost all of them exhibit an infertile or at least subfertile phenotype. In contrast, animal models revealing an improved fertility phenotype are barely described. Here, we present data on two outbred mouse models showing a ‘high fertility’ phenotype. These mouse lines have been generated via selection over a ...