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Senescence-accelerated mouse (SAM): a novel murine model of senescence.
Experimental gerontology - 1 Jan 2000
Takeda T, Hosokawa M, Higuchi K
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The Senescence-Accelerated Mouse (SAM) has been under development by our research team at Kyoto University since 1970 through the selective inbreeding of the AKR/J strain of mice donated by the Jackson Laboratory in 1968, based on a graded score for senescence, life span, and pathologic phenotype. At present, there are 12 lines of SAM: nine senescence-prone inbred strains (SAMP) including SAMP1, SAMP2, SAMP3,...
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