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DNA fingerprinting and phylogenetic analysis of WNIN rat strain and its obese mutants using microsatellite markers.
Biochemical genetics - 1 Feb 2007
Kiran Kumar B, Vijaya Bhanu N, Vishnuvardhan Rao M, Giridharan Nappanveettil
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Wistar is the oldest rat strain to be introduced in biomedical research, and various stocks of this strain are maintained in laboratories across the globe. The Wistar strain maintained in our facilities is 85 years old and is not typed genetically so far. Recently, two obese mutant rat strains evolved from this stock, one with euglycemia and the other with impaired glucose tolerance. These mutant rat strains,...
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