Organisms

Long-Evans Rats

An outbred strain of rats developed in 1915 by crossing several Wistar Institute white females with a wild gray male. Inbred strains have been derived from this original outbred strain, including Long-Evans cinnamon rats (RATS, INBRED LEC) and Otsuka-Long-Evans-Tokushima Fatty rats (RATS, INBRED OLETF), which are models for Wilson's disease and non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus, respectively.

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An outbred strain of rats developed in 1915 by crossing several Wistar Institute white females with a wild gray male. Inbred strains have been derived from this original outbred strain, including Long-Evans cinnamon rats (RATS, INBRED LEC) and Otsuka-Long-Evans-Tokushima Fatty rats (RATS, INBRED OLETF), which are models for Wilson's disease and non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus, respectively.

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7 entry terms
  • Long Evans Rats
  • Long-Evans Rat
  • Rats, Long-Evans
  • Evans Rats, Long
  • Long Evans Rat
  • Rat, Long-Evans
  • Rats, Long Evans

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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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NIM when exper animal; check tag RATS

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History Note

1999

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Previous Indexing

  • Rats (1968-1998)

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  1. B01w.050w.150w.900w.649w.313w.992w.635w.505w.700w.500

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Long-Evans Rats. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D020318. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D020318
  2. Long-Evans Rats. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q69493578