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JAX® Mice are bred within and shipped from multiple animal rooms. Click here for the most up to date health status reports for all rooms.
Researchers are working to broaden the genetic diversity of mice used in biomedical research.
Using advanced mouse populations and newly developed research protocols for measuring proteins, JAX researchers are exploring how proteome...
Understanding how we use our brain to make decisions is a daunting task, given our brain's extensive webs of neural wiring and circuitry....
Some people are able to avoid diseases like Alzheimer's and type 2 diabetes even though they are at high risk for them because of...
JAX's Sheng Li is exploring how aging raises the risk for leukemia, and works to improve cutting edge tools for data...
To improve glioma treatments, the tumors have to be attacked from every angle, and Roel Verhaak is working on multiple...
Learn the highlights of mouse strain nomenclature with this poster.
JAX provides you comprehensive resources to understand appropriate nomenclature for mouse strains including inbred, substrains,...
Find protocols, tips and other resources to assist you genotyping JAX® Mice.
Check the most common PCR questions and answers regarding genotyping research mice.
Learn about the evolution of genetic targeting techniques from ZNFs and TALENs to today’s CRISPR/Cas systems that allow...
The impact of Dr. Snell’s work laid the foundation for understanding how transplantation could be successful both in experimental animals...
B6 and B6N substrains differ genetically as a result of accumulated spontaneous mutations. Learn why it is important not to use different...
Learn how JAX designates mouse genotypes, and what “+” means in the context of inbred, mutant or transgenic strains.
Learn how the original BALB/c strain separated into two major substrains (BALB/cJ and BALB/cByJ) and how to decide which one...
Helpful hints for understanding inbred strain nomenclature.
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