Strain information  NBRP Rat No: 0149  Strain name: BN/SsNSlc  Commmon Name: Rat Genome Database Principal Investigator:  Representative Director  Japan SLC, Inc       3371-8, Kotoh-cho, Hamamatsu    431-1103 Shizuoka     Japan Tel: 053-486-3178    Fax: 053-486-3156 Email: slc01@jslc.co.jp Preservation Status:   Embryo        Sperm       Living Animals Coat Color  brown (a, b, C) Inbred Generations   Usage Restrictions   Genetic Status   Inbred  Segregating   Congenic   Consomic   Recombinant   Coisogenic   Spont. Mutant  Transgene  Ind. Mutant  Category Other  Comercial Availability Japan SLC, Inc Research Category   Diabetes Obesity  Neurobiology  Ophthalmology   Dentistry  Cardio Hypertension  Cancer  Metabolism  Otorhinology  Immunology  Infectious  Osteosis   Internal Organ  Dermatology   Reproduction   Development  Behavior  Hematology  Urology   Pharmacology  Research Area Others   Control Strain  Marker Strain Gene Affected Origin To SLC from NIH in 1994. Strain characteristics Breeding Conditions Poor breeding performance. Genotyping References Kim H, Yoshihara M, Suyama M. Comparative genomic analysis of inbred rat strains reveals the existence of ancestral polymorphisms. Mamm Genome. 2020 Apr;31(3-4):86-94. Yoshihara M, Sato T, Saito D, Ohara O, Kuramoto T, Suyama M. Application of target capture sequencing of exons and conserved non-coding sequences to 20 inbred rat strains. Genomics Data. 2016 Dec; 10: 155-157 Kuramoto T, Nakanishi S, Ochiai M, Nakagama H, Voigt B, Serikawa T. Origins of Albino and Hooded Rats: Implications from Molecular Genetic Analysis across Modern Laboratory Rat Strains. PLoS One. 2012;7(8):e43059. Additional strain information BN