Inbred Strains
of Mice: F
Inbr: F140. Silver-grey with white blaze on head. Genet:
a, b,
cch, d, s. Origin: Strong 1926 from
a group of unpedigreed Bussey Institute mice.
Characteristics
High leukaemia in older mice. Resistant to fibrosarcoma induction by methylchol-anthrene
(14/15 in males, 15/15 in females) (
Strong, 1952).
Low balsa-wood gnawing activity (1/16) Fawdington and Festing (1980).
Strong L. C. (1952)
Differences in response among mice of fifteen inbred strains to the subcutaneous
injection of methylcholanthrene. Yale J. Biol. Med. 25,
34-43.
INBRED STRAINS OF MICE
Updated 9 Apr. 1998
Michael FW
Festing
MRC Toxicology Unit, Hodgkin Building,
University of Leicester,
UK
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