Validation of Simple Sequence Length Polymorphism Regions of Commonly Used Mouse Strains for Marker Assisted Speed Congenics Screening

Table 1

Strain	Vendor, stock number	Rationale
C57BL/6J	JaxMice, 000664	Commonly used strain in biomedical research
FVB/NJ	JaxMice, 001800	Commonly used strain for transgenic mice generation
129 X1/SvJ	JaxMice, 000691	Strains from which highly successful germ line transmission competent ES cells were derived
129S2	Charles River, 476
DBA2/J	JaxMice, 000671	Together with C57BL6, these strains are used as hybrid strains for transgenic mouse production
CBA/J	JaxMice, 000656
SJL/J	JaxMice, 000686
Balb/c	Charles River, 028	Is among the top 2-3 most widely used inbred strains
C3H/HeJ	Charles River 025	Used in a variety of research areas including cancer, infectious disease, and cardiovascular biology
NOD	Charles River