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Phenotypic variation in strength among eleven inbred strains of rats.
Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine. Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (New York, N.Y.) - 1 Nov 1998
Biesiadecki B J, Brand P H, Metting P J, Koch L G, Britton S L
Abstract excerpt
As a first step toward the long-range goal of identifying the genes that determine strength, we subjected 11 inbred strains of rats to three tests of muscular strength. The tests consisted of measuring (1) the force exerted by the rat as it was pulled by the base of the tail off a grid on the pan of a top-loading electronic balance (scale test); (2) the length of time the rat hung from a 2.5-mm-diameter U-shaped...
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