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Inbred Strains of Rats: LEA

LEA

Inbr.F49 (Hok).

Colour: Agouti.

Genet. +.

Origin: Hok from outbred Long Evans stock, selected for agouti coat colour (though Long Evans stock is usually fixed for non-agouti, hooded genes) (MC Yoshida, personal communication). Liver gangliosides are of the a-type (cf ACI,LEW & BUF) (Kasai et al 1993)


Kasai N., Kamimura A., Miyoshi I., and Ariga T. (1993) Ganglioside distribution in the liver of inbred strains of rats and the cancerous liver of LEC rats. Journal of Biochemistry 113, 251-257.


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

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