Cross-Fostering of Newborn Mice to Counteract Bad Parenting
- 1Department of Genetics and Development, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York 10032, USA
- 2Department of Genetics, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
- ↵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.
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From the Mouse Phenotypes collection by Virginia E. Papaioannou and Richard R. Behringer.
