The legacy of Adolf Meyer's comparative approach: Worcester rats and the strange birth of the animal model

Integrative Physiological and Behavioral Science

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 169-181

  Logan, Cheryl A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

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ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; HISTORY; LABORATORY; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOLOGY; RAT; RAT STRAIN; REVIEW;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENTATION; ANIMALS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; LABORATORY ANIMAL SCIENCE; MODELS, ANIMAL; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOLOGY, EXPERIMENTAL; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS;

EID: 34250369164     PISSN: 1053881X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02915214     Document Type: Review

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