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Inbred Strains of Rats: TE

TE

Inbr. F54.

Colour: Albino.

Genet. a, c, h.

Origin: Outbred Wistar Imamichi rats. Males develop hydro-testes caused by sperm retention cysts in the efferent duct. This defect is caused by an autosomal dominant locus and two autosomal recessive loci. Females are normal (Ikadai et al 1987).

Ikadai H., Fujita H., Ajisawa C., and Imamichi T. (1987) Sperm retention in the efferent duct and testicular atrophy of TE inbred rats. J. Reprod. Fertil. 81, 635-641.

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