A still of the Breeding planner this video shows. The screen reads: How many litters for 4 fl/fl pups?.
Plan a mouse cross in 30 seconds
Your channel hereDemo · 30 seconds
Enter the mice you have and the pups you need, and show the plan the free breeding planner returns.
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What to do and say
A sample script of about 45 words. Say it your own way. Fill in the highlighted parts from your own plan, such as the litters it says you need.
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DoShow the planner with your cross filled in: a fl/+ male, a fl/+ female, and 4 fl/fl pups needed in 20 weeks.
SayI need four homozygous floxed mice. I have one male and one female, each heterozygous.
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DoPress Plan, and show the plan card.
SayI press Plan, and the planner does the math.
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DoShow Share of pups and Litters needed, and say where the planner is.
SayOne pup in four should be homozygous, so the plan needs [Litters needed] litters. Try it free at conductcolony.com.
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What viewers should learn
A cross of two heterozygous mice gives about one homozygous pup in four, so a lab plans enough litters to reach the pups it needs.
Try it before you film
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