KYN

Inbr.F59.(Hok)

Colour: Black with the hooded "notched" allele.

Genet. a, B, C, hⁿ .

Origin: Makino, Hokkaido University 1960 from stock the carrying the 'notched' character isolated by Nakata from wild rats in Kyoto, and from a cross involving WKAH. Formerly designated KYO "Kyoto-notched" (Shoji 1977, MC Yoshida, personal communication).

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Characteristics

Abnormalities of urogenital organs 11% (Shoji and Harata 1977).

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Shoji R. and Harata M. (1977) Two types of abnormal urogenital organs occurring spontaneously in inbred ACI and Kyoto-notched rats. Lab. Anim. 11, 247-249.

Shoji R. (1977) Spontaneous occurrence of congenital malformations and mortality in prenatal inbred rats. Proc. Jpn. Acad. 53, 54-67.

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