Inbred Strains
of Mice: RHJ
Inbr (Le) 72. Albino:
a,b,c. Origin: Mutation to rhino-J (
hrrhJ
) in a Carworth Farms stock received by E.P.Nagler, then back to Carworth,
then to M.M.Dickie 1951. To Lane 1960. Crosses to BALB/cHu 6 times, b
x s to F16, then outcrossed to albino stock followed by b x s.
Characteristics
Homozygotes begin to lose hair at about 10 days. Skin becomes thickened
and more wrinkled than
hr/hr animals, and females do not nurse
young. Maint. by J.
INBRED STRAINS OF MICE
Updated 9 Apr. 1998
Michael FW
Festing
MRC Toxicology Unit, Hodgkin Building,
University of Leicester,
UK
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