Charles River Laboratories

Black Swiss mouse, Crl:NIHBL(S)

Code Black Swiss Mouse

General purpose black outbred mouse.

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Features

Nomenclature: Crl:NIHBL(S)

Type: Outbred mice

Origin: Developed at the NIH Genetic Resource by Dr. Carl Hansen. N:NIH Swiss outbred mice (albino) were crossed to C57BL/6N (black, non-agouti) mice to generate a hybrid black mouse that was heterozygous for the agouti locus. Through a series of test matings and backcrosses (N10) to the N:NIH(S) strain, the agouti gene was eliminated. Received by NCI in 2000. To Charles River in 2010 from NCI.

Coat color: Black

Strain code: 492

Ideal for: General purpose pigmented outbred mouse, foster mother, pseudopregnant recipients for albino lines