G/Gw

Inbr: 75 +. Origin: Goodale, selected for body weight, to Gowen at Iowa State; b x s inbreeding; to Nash at Colorado State 1967.

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Characteristics

Hyperglycaemic, with mean plasma glucose levels of 230 mg/100 ml at 60 days, at which time males are about 41 g and females 35 g. Normal response curve following i.p. glucose tolerance test and no gross pathological changes with aging (Nash and Logsdon, 1974).

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Nash D. J. and Logsdon D. F. (1974) Characteristics of a new hyperglycemia in an inbred strain of mice. Am. Zool. 14, 1277.

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INBRED STRAINS OF MICE
Updated 9 Apr. 1998
Michael FW Festing
MRC Toxicology Unit, Hodgkin Building,
University of Leicester, UK