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Rats, Long-Evans  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Evans Rats, Long
  • Long Evans Rat
  • Long-Evans Rat
  • Long Evans Rats
  • Long-Evans Rats
  • Rat, Long-Evans

Note

  • NIM when exper animal; check tag RATS

Scope note

  • An outbred strain of rats developed in 1915 by crossing several Wistar Institute white females with a wild gray male. Inbred strains have been derived from this original outbred strain, including Long-Evans cinnamon rats (RATS, INBRED LEC) and Otsuka-Long-Evans-Tokushima Fatty rats (RATS, INBRED OLETF), which are models for Wilson's disease and non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus, respectively.

History note

  • 99

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D020318

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