Table 4 Correlation between the second screening results (BMA or BSA) and bone X-gal staining in the second screening in male trap lines.

From: Development of an efficient screening system to identify novel bone metabolism-related genes using the exchangeable gene trap mutagenesis mouse models

 

X-gal staining

Total

P-value

(+)

(−)

2ndscreening positive lines

33 (78.6)

9 (21.4)

42

0.0057

2ndscreening negative lines

3 (30.0)

7 (70.0)

10

  1. One-tailed Fisher’s exact test was used to confirm the correlation between the second screening results (BMA or BSA) and bone X-gal staining in the second screening. BMA: bone morphometric analysis, BSA: biomechanical strength analysis.
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