BP

Inbr. F58+.

Colour: Black Irish hooded.

Genet: a, hⁱ .

Origin: Prof. Sekla. Strain selected for resistance to Walker 256 tumour.

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Characteristics

Low fertility. Adult spleen cells highly effective in indiction of GVH reaction in newborn, but newborn resistant to GVH reaction. Strain carries unusual array of genetic markers (Festing and Bender 1984)

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Festing M. F. W. and Bender K. (1984) Genetic relationships between inbred strains of rats. An analysis based on genetic markers at 28 biochemical loci. Genet. Res. 44, 271-281. \par

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