B6CBAF1/J (JAX™ mice strain)
Nomenclature: B6CBAF1/J
Type: Hybrid
Origin: First generation (F1) progeny of a cross between female JAX™ Mice Strain: C57BL/6J and male JAX™ Mice Strain: CBA/J.
Coat color: Agouti
Strain code: 631
Ideal for: Hybrid vigor, as a background for deleterious mutations, to create or enhance expression of polygenic diseases, to determine the mode of inheritance, and to provide physiological buffering (present a broader array of responses to various stresses).
JAX™ Stock No: 100011
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Bred in: France
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