Department of Internal Medicine, Molecular Medicine
Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center
Description:
25 breeding pairs were obtained from Dr. Eva Redei, Northwestern University (Chicago) at 55 breeding generations; these animals exhibit 30% genome-wide heterozygosity which is maintained by using a rotational breeding strategy. These HS rats were derived from NMcwi:HS at the Medical College of Wisconsin and maintained at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center starting in 2017.