The most detailed genetic maps to date of classical lab mouse strains reveal limited genetic diversity and overwhelmingly originate from a single species of domestic mouse, the researchers report.

Related substrains of the Black 6 lab mouse carry key genetic polymorphisms, including one that has a dramatic effect on the rodents’ responses to cocaine. Jef Akst was managing editor of The ...

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The humble lab mouse has been used in tests for hundreds of years, but it seems like the small rodents have been carrying out ...