Black Swiss

Model Description

• Has larger litters and nurtures young better than inbred pigmented strains
• Homozygous for the same coat color loci as the C57BL/6
• Since this is an outbred model, some in the populationwill be homozygous for Pde6b^rd1 - mice may be blind
• Useful for germline test mating of targeted mutation chimeras created using 129 agouti Embryonic Stem (ES) cell lines
• Black Swiss females also make ideal pseudopregnant female recipients for embryo transfers of albino mouse lines

Origin: The Black Swiss outbred model was developed by Dr. Carl Hansen of the NIH Genetic Resource. N:NIH Swiss outbred mice were backcrossed to a C57BL/6N inbred background to generate a hybrid mouse heterozygous for the agouti locus. The mice were backcrossed ten generations (N10) to eliminate the agouti and albino alleles. Taconic received NTac:NIHBS litters in 1991. The mice were derived by caesarean in 1992 and rederived by embryo transfer in 2005.

Color: Black

Coat Color Loci: a

Genetics: Taconic's outbred colony is known to carry the recessive mutation, Pde6b^rd1

Animal Diet: NIH #31M Rodent Diet

Growth Chart

Related Reports

View the production locations(s) and the accompanying current IHMS^TM Health Report and Taconic Health Standard for this model

Price Table

BLKSW (in U.S. Dollars)

*Untimed pregnant requests are filled with late gestation pregnant females. Pups may be delivered in transit.

Black Swiss European prices

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