Organisms

Hairless Rats

Mutant strains of rats that produce little or no hair. Several different homozygous recessive mutations can cause hairlessness in rats including rnu/rnu (Rowett nude), fz/fz (fuzzy), shn/shn (shorn), and nznu/nznu (New Zealand nude). Note that while NUDE RATS are often hairless, they are most characteristically athymic.

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Abstract

Mutant strains of rats that produce little or no hair. Several different homozygous recessive mutations can cause hairlessness in rats including rnu/rnu (Rowett nude), fz/fz (fuzzy), shn/shn (shorn), and nznu/nznu (New Zealand nude). Note that while NUDE RATS are often hairless, they are most characteristically athymic.

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  • Rats, Hairless
  • Hairless Rat
  • Rat, Hairless

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Indexed with the subheadings abnormalities, anatomy & histology, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, classification, embryology, genetics, growth & development, immunology, injuries, metabolism, microbiology, parasitology, physiology, psychology, surgery, urine, virology.

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2008

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  1. B01w.050w.150w.900w.649w.313w.992w.635w.505w.700w.550.408

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  1. National Library of Medicine. Hairless Rats. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D054772. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D054772
  2. Hairless Rats. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q68796053