Inbred Strains
of Mice: MH
Inbr: 40. Genet:
mk/+. Origin: Jax mutant No. 63-36, B6D2F
1-
mk
from M. M. Dickie to E. S. Russell 1963.
Characteristics
Segregates for compensating microcytic anaemia. All
mk/mk are
born alive; one-third to one-half die before 3 weeks, developing skin
lesions and tail amputation, but surviving
mk/mk are fertile
and appear normal except for supernormal numbers of very small erythrocytes.
Haematology well characterised (
Staats, 1976).
Staats J. (1976) Standardized
nomenclature for inbred strains of mice: Sixth listing. Cancer Res.
36, 4333-4377.
INBRED STRAINS OF MICE
Updated 9 Apr. 1998
Michael FW
Festing
MRC Toxicology Unit, Hodgkin Building,
University of Leicester,
UK
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