Japanese
 NBRP Rat No: 0101 Strain NameOP/Jtt Commmon Name: Opacitas
 Principal Investigator  Kazuyuki Taniguchi
 Organization   Iwate University, Faculty of Agriculture Department of Veterinary Medicine
 Address  3-18-8 Ueda, Morioka

020-8550 Iwate

 Japan
 Telephone  019-621-6207  Fax:  019-621-6209  anatomia@iwate-u.ac.jp
 Inbred Generations   F18 (Jul 2007) 
   
 Coat Color
 Deposition Status
 
 albino (c)
  Embryo      Sperm      Live Animals
 Usage Restrictions  Use of the BIOLOGICAL RESOURCE shall be limited to a collaborative research with the DEPOSITEOR. 
 Genetic Status   Inbred   Segregating   Congenic   Consomic    Recombinant 
  Coisogenic   Spont. Mutant    Transgene   Ind. Mutant    Others 
 Comercial Availability   
 Research Category   Diabetes Obesity    Neurobiology    Ophthalmology    Dentistry    Cardio- Hypertension 
  Oncology   Metabolism   Otorhinology    Immunology    Infectious Disease
  Osteology    Internal Medicine   Dermatology   Reproduction    Development
  Behavior    Hematology    Urology   Pharmacology   Others 
  Control Strains   Reporter gene Strains  
 Gene
 Origin An opacitas female rat was found in a Crj:CD(SD)IGS rats purchased from Charles River Japan (Atsugi). After that, this mutant phenotype was maintained by sib-mating between opacitas and normal rats. (Nov 4, 2009) 
 Strain Characteristics Opacitas. Autosomal dominant inheritance. 
 Breeding Conditions Maintained by sib mating between opacitas rats (heterozygoutes) and normal rats. 
 Genotyping  
 References