Inbred Strains
of Mice: G
Inbr: 75 +. Origin: Goodale, selected for body weight, to Gowen at Iowa
State; b x s inbreeding; to Nash at Colorado State 1967.
Characteristics
Hyperglycaemic, with mean plasma glucose levels of 230 mg/100 ml at 60
days, at which time males are about 41 g and females 35 g. Normal response
curve following i.p. glucose tolerance test and no gross pathological
changes with aging (
Nash and Logsdon, 1974).
Nash D. J.
and Logsdon D. F. (1974) Characteristics of a new hyperglycemia in an
inbred strain of mice. Am. Zool. 14, 1277.
INBRED STRAINS OF MICE
Updated 9 Apr. 1998
Michael FW
Festing
MRC Toxicology Unit, Hodgkin Building,
University of Leicester,
UK
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