Inbred Strains
of Mice: FM
Inbr: 31. Genet: Pink-eyed. Origin: From Ueno Zoo to Dept. Zool., Kyushu
Univ., to Natl. Inst. Genet., to Inst. Infect. Diseases, Univ. Tokyo.
Inbreeding started in 1958. (Supposed to have originated from mongrels
of Japanese fancy mice.)
Characteristics
High incidence of mammary tumours. (
Tajima, 1968).
Tajima Y. (1968) Stansardized
nomenclature for inbred strains of mice. Experimental animals in cancer
research. Japanese Cancer Association Gann Monograph 5,
123-128.
INBRED STRAINS OF MICE
Updated 9 Apr. 1998
Michael FW
Festing
MRC Toxicology Unit, Hodgkin Building,
University of Leicester,
UK
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