Morphometric analysis of the developing optic nerve of the F1 heterotic mouse and its parental strains.

doi:10.1016/0304-3940(90)90828-w

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Morphometric analysis of the developing optic nerve of the F1 heterotic mouse and its parental strains.

Neuroscience letters - 13 Nov 1990

Bigbee J W, Yu D S, Yu R K

Abstract excerpt

During the period of active myelination, the CNS of the F1 hybrid mouse, derived from DBA/2J (D2) and C57BL/6J (B6) parental strains, displays levels of myelin-specific markers which are greater than in either parent. This so-called hypermyelination has been attributed to hybrid vigor or heterosi...

Topics

Animals
Axons
Hybrid Vigor
Mice
Mice, Inbred C57BL
Mice, Inbred DBA
Microscopy, Electron
Myelin Sheath
Optic Nerve
Phenotype

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