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Inbred or Outbred? Genetic Diversity in Laboratory Rodent Colonies

Nonmodel rodents are widely used as subjects for both basic and applied biological research, but the genetic diversity of the study individuals is rarely quantified. University-housed colonies tend to be small and subject to founder effects and genetic drift; so they may be highly inbred or show sub...

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Autores principales: Brekke, Thomas D., Steele, Katherine A., Mulley, John F.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Genetics Society of America 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5919727/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29242387
http://dx.doi.org/10.1534/g3.117.300495