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A set of highly informative rat simple sequence length polymorphism (SSLP) markers and genetically defined rat strains.
BMC genetics - 4 Apr 2006
Mashimo Tomoji, Voigt Birger, Tsurumi Toshiko, Naoi Kuniko, Nakanishi Satoshi, Yamasaki Ken-ichi, Kuramoto Takashi, Serikawa Tadao
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BACKGROUND: The National Bio Resource Project for the Rat in Japan (NBRP-Rat) is focusing on collecting, preserving and distributing various rat strains, including spontaneous mutant, transgenic, congenic, and recombinant inbred (RI) strains. To evaluate their value as models of human diseases, we are characterizing them using 109 phenotypic parameters, such as clinical measurements, internal anatomy, metabolic...
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