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littersR Documentation

Litters from a mouse diallel cross of Collaborative Cross founder strains

Description

A dataset containing (male and female) counts of offspring for 4,448 litters

Usage

litters

Format

A data frame with 4448 rows and 12 variables:

Dam_Founder

(factor): The inbred mouse strain name of the female parent, where the following abbreviations are used: A/J (AJ), C57BL/6J (B6), 129S1/SvImJ (129S1), NOD/ShiLtJ (NOD), NZO/HlLtJ (NZO), CAST/EiJ (CAST), PWK/PhJ (PWK), and WSB/EiJ (WSB).

Sire_Founder

(factor): The inbred mouse strain name of the male parent.

PupGeno

(factor): The strain-cross name of the F1 offspring, given as their dam-by-sire cross (strainDam x strainSire).

WeanDate

(factor): The date (DD/MM/YY) that animals were weaned into new cages and separated from their parents.

YearMonth

(factor): The date (YearMonth-YYYY-MM) of weaning.

litterorder

(factor): The parity, or litter birth order based on dam, is provided as a factor.

litternum

(integer): The litter number (litterorder - 1) is provided as an integer, where the first litter is 0, and each subsequent litter is numbered starting at 1.

First_Litter

(integer): A binary variable taking the values 0 or 1, indicating whether it is the first litter born to the given dam.

Males

(integer): The number of male pups in the litter.

Females

(integer): The number of female pups in the litter.

Weaned

(integer): The total number of (male and female) pups in the litter.

Male_Prop

(numeric): The proportion of male pups to overall pups in the litter.


mauriziopaul/litterDiallel documentation built on June 3, 2022, 12:39 a.m.