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The Jackson Labs DO (Diversity Outbred) project [30] is a mouse breeding program using multiple inbred founder strains to create a genetically diverse population of mice for use in scientific research. These mice are designed for fine genetic mapping, and capture a large portion of the genetic diversity of the mouse genome. [31]
The Jackson Laboratory (often abbreviated as JAX) is an independent, non-profit biomedical research institution which was founded by Clarence Cook Little in 1929. [2] It employs over 3,000 employees in Bar Harbor, Maine ; Sacramento, California ; Farmington, Connecticut ; Shanghai , China ; and Yokohama , Japan . [ 3 ]
Mouse Genome Informatics (MGI) is a free, online database and bioinformatics resource hosted by The Jackson Laboratory, with funding by the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), the National Cancer Institute (NCI), and the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD). [1]
Most strains of nude mice are slightly "leaky" and do have a few T cells, especially as they age. In addition, knockout mice with more complete defects in the immune system have been constructed (e.g. RAG1 and RAG2 knockout mice). For these reasons, nude mice are less popular in research today.
The NSG mouse (NOD scid gamma mouse) is a brand of immunodeficient laboratory mice, developed and marketed by Jackson Laboratory, which carries the strain NOD.Cg-Prkdc scid Il2rg tm1Wjl /SzJ. NSG branded mice are among the most immunodeficient described to date. [1] NSG branded mice lack mature T cells, B cells, and natural killer (NK) cells. [2]
The laboratory mouse has been instrumental in investigating the genetics of human disease, including cancer, for over 110 years. [1] The laboratory mouse has physiology and genetic characteristics very similar to humans providing powerful models for investigation of the genetic characteristics of disease.
BALB/c is an albino, laboratory-bred strain of the house mouse from which a number of common substrains are derived. Now over 200 generations from New York in 1920, BALB/c mice are distributed globally, and are among the most widely used inbred strains used in animal experimentation.
A comparison of a mouse unable to produce leptin thus resulting in obesity (left) and a normal mouse (right). The ob/ob or obese mouse is a mutant mouse that eats excessively due to mutations in the gene responsible for the production of leptin and becomes profoundly obese.