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BALB/c Alleles at Modifier Loci Increase the Severity of the Maternal Effect of the “DDK Syndrome”
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International audience. The Om locus was first described in the DDK inbred mouse strain: DDK mice carry a mutation at Om resulting in a parental effect lethality of F1 embryos. When DDK females are mated with males of other (non-DDK) inbred strains, e.g., BALB/c, they exhibit a low fertility, whereas the reciprocal cross, non-DDK females × DDK males, is fertile (as is the DDK intrastrain cross). The low fertility is due to the death of (DDK × non-DDK)F1 embryos at the late-morula to blastocyst stage, which is referred to as the “DDK syndrome.” The death of these F1 embryos is caused by an incompatibility between a DDK maternal factor and the non-DDK paternal pronucleus. Previous genetic studies showed that F1 mice have an intermediate phenotype compared to parental strains: crosses between F1 females and non-DDK males are semisterile, as are crosses between DDK females and F1 males. In the present studies, we have examined the properties of mice heterozygous for BALB/c and DDK Om alleles on an essentially BALB/c genetic background. Surprisingly, we found that the females are quasi-sterile when mated with BALB/c males and, thus, present a phenotype similar to DDK females. These results indicate that BALB/c alleles at modifier loci increase the severity of the DDK syndrome.
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