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Effect of group vs. single housing on phenotypic variance in C57BL/6J mice.
Obesity research - 1 May 2002
Nagy Tim R, Krzywanski David, Li Jing, Meleth Sreelatha, Desmond Renee
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OBJECTIVE: To determine if group housing affects the variance of body composition parameters in a highly inbred mouse strain. RESEARCH METHODS AND PROCEDURES: Thirty 3-week-old male C57BL/6J mice were obtained from the Jackson Laboratory. Fifteen mice were housed individually, and 15 mice were housed in groups of 5/cage. Animals were fed ad libitum and maintained in the same room under a 12:12-hour light/dark...
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