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