High level of genetic variability among commercially available "inbred" Mongolian gerbils.

Abstract excerpt

Adult MON/Tum and Tum:(MON) gerbils were grafted with sibling ear skin of the same sex to assess the degree of homogeneity within strains. Similar percentages of the MON/Tum and Tum:(MON) strain grafts were rejected in less than 200 days (55.3 percent and 66.7 percent, respectively). This was a surprising finding since the breeder claims the Tum:(MON) strain is random bred and the MON/Tum strain is inbred and has...

Topics

• Animals
• Female
• Genetic Variation
• Gerbillinae
• Graft Rejection
• Histocompatibility Antigens
• Inbreeding
• Male
• Skin Transplantation