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Inbred Strains of Rats: NIG

NIG-III

Inbr. F78. (Hok).

Colour: Pink-eyed yellow.

Genet. a, pm .

Origin: From a mating in 1956 between a wild rat trapped in Misima, Japan, and Castle's black rat. To Hokkaido in 1975. Work on characterisation of RT1 summarised by Natori (1987).

Natori T. (1987) The RT1 haplotype of the NIG III/Hok strain of rats. Rat News Lett. 18, 12-13.

INBRED STRAINS OF RATS
Updated 9 Apr. 1998
Michael FW Festing
MRC Toxicology Unit, Hodgkin Building,
University of Leicester, UK
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