Inbred Strains
of Mice: TM
Inbr 90+. Albino. Origin: Casas, 1948 from unpedigreed Swiss mice inbred
since 1948. Maint. by Szepsenwol (Univ. Puerto Rico).
Characteristics
Lung tumours 48%, fore-stomach papillomas 27%, pyloric tumours 13%, brain
nerve cell tumours 11%. Low mammary cancer. A low incidence of heart tumours
has also been observed (
Szepsenwol and
Boschetti, 1975).
Szepsenwol
J. and Boschetti N. V. (1975) Primary and secondary heart tumors in mice
maintained on various diets. Oncology 32, 58-72.
INBRED STRAINS OF MICE
Updated 9 Apr. 1998
Michael FW
Festing
MRC Toxicology Unit, Hodgkin Building,
University of Leicester,
UK
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