Methodological variables | Number of chromosomes with a QTL | Chromosomes | Â | ||||||||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | X | Y | Reference | ||
 | QTLs influencing the difference in circulating cholesterol level between male C57BL/6J and A/J mice |  | |||||||||||||||||||||
Normal light–dark cycle, group housing, fasted overnight (≈16-18 h), 4.8% (w/w) fat in the diet, 6–8 week old mice, retro-orbital sinus puncture, serum, anesthesia |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
11 | X | – | – | X | a | – | – | X | – | X | x | X | a | – | X | x | X | – | – | X | X | [18] | |
Normal light–dark cycle, individual housing, fasted for 4 hours, 6.2% (w/w) fat in the diet, 8 week old mice, retro-orbital sinus puncture plasma, anesthesia |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
11 | – | x | X | X | X | X | – | X | – | X | X | – | – | – | – | – | x | X | – | x | – | [19] | |
Normal light–dark cycle, group housing, fasted for 4 hours, 4.0% (w/w) fat in the diet, 22–24 week old mice, trunk blood, plasma |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
14 | – | – | – | X | x | – | x | x | x | X | x | X | x | X | X | – | – | – | x | x | X | [20] | |
Normal light–dark cycle, fasted for 4 hours, 35.5% (w/w) fat in the diet, 22–24 week old mice, trunk blood, plasma |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
13 | – | x | X | X | – | X | X | x | – | – | X | - | X | – | X | x | x | x | – | – | X | [20] | |
Reversed light–dark cycle, individual housing, non-fasted, 3.4% (w/w) fat in the diet, 6–10 week old mice, trunk blood, plasma |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
9 | X | – | – | a | – | – | x | – | X | – | – | – | – | X | – | x | x | – | x | x | x | [This study]b | |
4 | X | – | – | a | – | – | – | x | – | – | – | x | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | x | [This study]c |