Origins of Albino and Hooded Rats: Implications from Molecular Genetic Analysis across Modern Laboratory Rat Strains

• Takashi Kuramoto ,

  * E-mail: tkuramot@anim.med.kyoto-u.ac.jp

  Affiliation Institute of Laboratory Animals, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan

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• Satoshi Nakanishi,

  Affiliation Institute of Laboratory Animals, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan

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• Masako Ochiai,

  Affiliation National Cancer Center Research Institute, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

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• Hitoshi Nakagama,

  Affiliation National Cancer Center Research Institute, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

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• Birger Voigt,

  Affiliation Institute of Laboratory Animals, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan

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• Tadao Serikawa

  Affiliation Institute of Laboratory Animals, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan

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