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Het and KO mice in NFR background were mated to obtain a high ratio of the Dse KO genotype.

Mice heterozygous for Ret in the 129/Sv background were mated to generate Ret knockout animals and wild-type controls.

Bmi1+/−mice (129Ola/FVB/N hybrid background) that were backcrossed 10 12 times onto a C57BL/6J background were mated to generate Bmi1−/−, Bmi1+/− and WT mice (littermates) genotyped by PCR, as described previously.

For the establishment of the miR-1-1-targeted allele on a 129 background, chimeric males were mated to wild-type 129 (Jackson Lab) females.

For cell culture experiments, heterozygous PEX13Δ/+ C57BL/6J mice (background >F10 generation) were mated to generate PEX13+/+ (wild-type), PEX13Δ/+ and PEX13Δ/Δ (PEX13-null) pups within one litter.

PTM cells are smooth muscle cells; therefore, to delete AR from these cells, male mice heterozygous for Cre recombinase under the control of a smooth muscle myosin heavy chain (MH) (20) or a smooth muscle 22α (SM) as used by Zhang et al. (18), on an identical strain background (21) promoter were mated to female mice homozygous for a floxed AR (8).

To investigate the effect of genetic background, PPCD1 mice crossed onto the DBA/2J background for 8 generations were mated to either B6 or FVB/N mice and scored for the presence of an enlarged anterior chamber.

For comparison, ♂-SRC(1) and ♂-ParisC(1) sires (which have identical maternal effects and genetic backgrounds except for the X chromosomes) also were mated to EVEN females (100 matings of 1♂ × 2♀ for each type of sire), and the sex ratio of their families was measured.

In each case, the females were mated to males of the genetic background matching the transferred ovary, which allowed us to directly assess the effect of pure A/J pups in the context of a B6 maternal background.

Mlh1+/−C57Bl/6 and Mlh1+/− 129SvEv were mated to yield Mlh1−/− progeny of dual background, which were used for experiments.

Animals were mated to APPswe/PS1dE9- Line 85 mice (B6C3/F2) background to produce an F1 generation of mice that were [APP/PS1]/RAP, which we then backcrossed to RAP mice in an attempt to produce mice that were [APP/PS1]/RAP.