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Derivation and characterization of replicate high- and low-alcohol preferring lines of mice and a high-drinking crossed HAP line.
Behavior genetics - 1 Mar 2011
Oberlin Brandon, Best Christina, Matson Liana, Henderson Angela, Grahame Nicholas
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Selectively breeding lines of mice and rats to differ in alcohol intake has proven useful for defining which traits correlate with high alcohol drinking behavior, as well as for creating animal models of alcoholism. This study reports the derivation of two novel sets of selected lines, High Alcohol Preferring (HAP) and Low Alcohol Preferring (LAP) replicate 2 and 3 lines. Mice were mass-selected using the same...
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