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Genetic differences among C57BL/6 substrains.
Experimental animals - 1 Apr 2009
Mekada Kazuyuki, Abe Kuniya, Murakami Ayumi, Nakamura Satoe, Nakata Hatsumi, Moriwaki Kazuo, Obata Yuichi, Yoshiki Atsushi
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The C57BL/6 mouse is the most well-known inbred mouse strain, and has been widely used as a genetic background for congenic and mutant mice. A number of C57BL/6 substrains have been derived from the C57BL/6 founder line and are reported to differ in several phenotypes. There are several major sou...
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