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Effects of the rd1 mutation and host strain on hippocampal learning in mice.
Behavior genetics - 1 Sept 2005
Clapcote Steven J, Lazar Noah L, Bechard Allison R, Roder John C
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Many of the inbred mouse strains commonly used in biomedical research are homozygous for the rd1 mutation of the Pde6b gene, which causes retinal degeneration. To dissociate the behavioural effects of rd1 homozygosity from those of the genetic background of the host strain in the most widely used...
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