Origin |
This congenic strain was established by crossing between WKY/Izm and SHR/Izm at Research Institute, National Center for Global Health and Medicine in 2001. Heterozygous consomic rats were established in 2004, homozygous consomic rats were established in 2005, and homozygous congenic rats were established by crossing among consomic heterozygous rats in 2009. (Aug 31, 2010) |