Inbred Strains
of Mice: CHMU
Inbr. 33 (Le). Agouti (breeders);
A/A,ch,+/+,mu. ch,+/ch,+ identifiable
and dead at birth.
+,mu/+,mu identifiable at birth by light eyes
and develop dilute hair. Origin:
ch (congenital hydrocephalus)
on B6CBA background from Gruneberg to M.C. Green 1961.
ch/+ crossed
to
cr,+/+,f stock and maintained by
ch,+/+,cr to F9.
ch/+ crossed to
sa/sa, maintained
ch,+/+,sa to
F20.
ch/+ crossed to
mu/mu, maintained by
ch,+/+,mu
bxs to present.
mu from M. Lyon to Jax 1976. Crossed to
C57BL/6J and bxs to F3.
ch homozygotes die at birth and are recognised
by bulging haemorrhagic cerebral hemispheres. Maintained by Le.
INBRED STRAINS OF MICE
Updated 9 Apr. 1998
Michael FW
Festing
MRC Toxicology Unit, Hodgkin Building,
University of Leicester,
UK
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