Electrophoretic variation in multiple recessive tester, T, stock mice.

doi:10.1016/0027-5107(91)90007-b

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Electrophoretic variation in multiple recessive tester, T, stock mice.

Mutation research - 1 Aug 1991

Peters J, Lewis S E

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The multiple recessive tester stock, homozygous for seven recessive visible markers, has been used since the 1950s in the specific locus test of mutagenicity in the mouse. The stock was developed by W.L. Russell in Oak Ridge, sent to the MRC Radiobiology Unit (Harwell) in 1953 and then passed to...

Topics

Alleles
Animals
Biological Evolution
Crosses, Genetic
Electrophoresis
Female
Gene Frequency
Genes, Recessive
Genetic Variation
Litter Size
Male
Mice
Mutagenicity Tests
Polymorphism, Genetic

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