SHM/2Gn

Inbr: 35. Genet: + /shm. Origin: shm (shambling) mutation arose in random-bred stock in March 1960. This strain descended from (SHM/Gn x C57BL/6J) x C3HeB/FeJ (SHM/Gn discontinued at F35 in 1970).

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Characteristics

Homozygotes have abnormal gait, small body size, phospholipidosis, sterility, low viability (Green, 1967).

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Green E. L. (1967) Shambling, a neurological mutant of the mouse. J. Hered. 58, 65-68.

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