Funding for this research was provided by:
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (FA 159/23-1)
Ruhr-Universität Bochum
Article History
Received: 15 December 2020
Accepted: 10 July 2021
First Online: 26 July 2021
Declarations
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: The present study was carried out in accordance with the European Council Directive of September 22, 2010 (2010/63/EU) for care of laboratory animals and approved by the animal care committee of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, based at the LANUV (Landesamt für Natur, Umwelt und Verbraucherschutz Nordrhein-Westfalen, D-45659 Recklinghausen, Germany). The study was supervised by the animal welfare commissioner of Ruhr University. Male and female mice were housed individually with a constant 12-h light–dark cycle and access to food and water ad libitum. All efforts were made to reduce the number of animals in the experiments. Embryos of both sexes were used.
: The authors declare no competing interests.