How do I find characteristics of a specific strain in M. Festing's Inbred Strains of Mice and Rats?
Overview
You can use Dr. Michael Festing's Inbred Strains of Mice and Rats for descriptions of the general characteristics of mouse strains, such as lifespan, spontaneous disease, normal physiology and biochemistry, and more.
Accessing Festing's Inbred Strains of Mice and Rats
On most MGI pages, you can access Festing's Inbred Strains of Mice and Rats from the Search menu as shown in the image at right.

For this tutorial, open Festing's Inbred Strains of Mice and Rats in a new window. Scroll down this page for further instructions.

Search Menu Festing's Screen Shot

Example 1. Finding characteristics of strain C57BL/6
  1. Type C57BL/6 into the text box.

  2. Click the Submit button.
Festing's Text Search
  1. The results list all strains that include a reference to C57BL/6 in their descriptions. Click the C57BL link for descriptions of C57BL substrains, including C57BL/6.
Festing's Search Results