Effects of Genotype and Nutrition before Mating on the Reproductive Performance of Mice

Abstract

The effects of genotype and nutritional restriction before mating were studied in three lines of mice designated high (HL), control (CL) and low (LL). The HL and LL lines had been selected for differential body size and limb length relationships. This selection resulted in HL mice being larger and having relatively longer limb bones than the randomly bred control line, while the converse was true of LL mice.