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Cross-Fostering of Newborn Mice to Counteract Bad Parenting

  1. Richard R. Behringer2
  1. 1Department of Genetics and Development, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York 10032, USA
  2. 2Department of Genetics, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
  1. ↵3Correspondence: vep1{at}columbia.edu

Abstract

Newborn mice can be cross-fostered to a lactating female if the birth mother is not taking care of them properly. The pups are removed from the birth mother, warmed, and placed in a clean cage with a recently postpartum, lactating female. Hints on improving the chances of successful fostering are provided.

Footnotes

  • From the Mouse Phenotypes collection by Virginia E. Papaioannou and Richard R. Behringer.

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  1. Published in Advance November 6, 2023, doi: 10.1101/pdb.prot107987 Cold Spring Harb Protoc 2023: pdb.prot107987- © 2023 Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
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