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Jessica A. Jiménez, Mark J. Zylka
Research with rodents is crucial for expanding our understanding of genetic and environmental risk factors for neurodevelopmental disorders (NDD). However, there is growing concern about the number of animal studies that are difficult to replicate, potentially undermining the validity of results. These concerns have prompted funding agencies and academic journals to implement more rigorous standards in an effort to increase reproducibility in research. However, these standards fail to address a major source of variability in rodent research brought on by the “litter effect,” the fact that rodents from the same litter are phenotypically more similar to one other than rodents from different litters of the same strain. We show that the litter effect accounts for 30–60% of the variability associated with commonly studied phenotypes, including brain, placenta, and body weight. Moreover, we show how failure to control for litter-to-litter variation can mask a phenotype in Chd8V986*/+ mice that model haploinsufficiency of CHD8, a high-confidence autism gene. Thus, if not properly controlled, the litter effect has the potential to negatively influence rigor and reproducibility of NDD research. While efforts have been made to educate scientists on the importance of controlling for litter effects in previous publications, our analysis of the recent literature (2015–2020) shows that the vast majority of NDD studies focused on genetic risks, including mutant mouse studies, and environmental risks, such as air pollution and valproic acid exposure, do not correct for litter effects or report information on the number of litters used. We outline best practices to help scientists minimize the impact of litter-to-litter variability and to enhance rigor and reproducibility in future NDD studies using rodent models.
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Jiménez, J. A., & Zylka, M. J. (2021). Controlling litter effects to enhance rigor and reproducibility with rodent models of neurodevelopmental disorders. Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders, 13(1), 2. https://doi.org/10.1186/s11689-020-09353-y
Jiménez, Jessica A., and Mark J. Zylka. "Controlling litter effects to enhance rigor and reproducibility with rodent models of neurodevelopmental disorders." Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders, vol. 13, no. 1, 2021, pp. 2, https://doi.org/10.1186/s11689-020-09353-y.
Jiménez, Jessica A., and Mark J. Zylka. "Controlling litter effects to enhance rigor and reproducibility with rodent models of neurodevelopmental disorders." Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders 13, no. 1 (2021): 2. https://doi.org/10.1186/s11689-020-09353-y.
Jiménez J. A., Zylka M. J. Controlling litter effects to enhance rigor and reproducibility with rodent models of neurodevelopmental disorders // Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders. — 2021. — Vol. 13, № 1. — P. 2. — URL: https://doi.org/10.1186/s11689-020-09353-y
@article{jimenez2021controlling,
title = {{Controlling litter effects to enhance rigor and reproducibility with rodent models of neurodevelopmental disorders}},
author = {Jessica A. Jiménez and Mark J. Zylka},
journal = {Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders},
year = {2021},
volume = {13},
number = {1},
pages = {2},
doi = {10.1186/s11689-020-09353-y},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1186/s11689-020-09353-y}
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