Breeding Systems: Considerations, Genetic Fundamentals, Genetic Background, and Strain Types

The Mouse in Biomedical Research

Volumn 1, Issue , 2007, Pages 53-78

  Berry, Melissa L ^a   Linder, Carol Cutler ^b  

^a JACKSON LABORATORY   (United States)

^b New Mexico Highlands University   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-012369454-6/50016-9     Document Type: Chapter

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