Genetics and more biology Flashcards
BR
C57BR strains
HR
HRS strains
L
C57L strains
R3
RIIIS strains
Order - mouse
Rodentia
Clade - mouse
M. musculus
Superfamily - Mouse
Muroidea
Family - Mouse
Muridae
House mouse clade
M. m. domesticus, M. m. musculus, M.m. castaneus, M. m. bactrianus, M.m. gentilulus
Genetic mosaic of lab mouse
M.m. domesticus (60%), M.m. musculus (30%), and M.m. castaneus. Most lab mice share common mitochondrial genome from M.m. domesticus and common Y chromosome from M.m. musculus
Abbie Lathrop’s Granby Mouse Farm, MA
Most lab mice strains derived from small number of fancy mice from a single breeder
Mouse chromosome number - haploid
20, telocentric chromosomes
MHC chr. location
17
Coisogenic
Inbred strains that differ from original strain by mutation at single locus E.g. - 129S7/SvEvBrd- Fyntm1Sor Strain then DASH and gene
Recombinent inbred strains
Sets of inbred mice derived from crossing two inbred strains, and then developed by single pair random mating of sibling mice from F2 generations. Each line maintained separately becoming its own inbred strain (20 generations) E.g. - CXB6, female first
Outbred stock
E.g. - TAC:NIH Swiss COLON
F1 Hybrid
E.g. - D2B6F1 Progeny of two inbred strains Uppercase abbreviations of parents followed by F1, genetically identical (F1 only)
Congenic
One or more backcrosses to parental strain are made after F1 with selection for a particular marker (10 generations)
Recipient.donor-differential allele
E.g. - B6.AKR- H2 k
Conplastic
Inbred mice that are congenic for mitochondrial DNA contributed by other strains. Nuclear genome from male of one strain backcrossed (at least 10) onto cytoplasmic genome of female of another
E.g. - C57BL/6-mtBALB/c
NUCLEAR GENOME-mtcytoplasmic genome
Consomic
Inbred mice that are congenic for an entire chromosome. Repeat backcrossing of whole chromosome onto an inbred strain (10 backcrosses) E.g. - SHR-ChrYBN HOSTSTRAIN-Chr#DONOR STRAIN
Point mutations
ENU, EMS
Cre
Coliphage F1, site specific recombinase loxP (target site)
FLP
Saccharomyces cerevisiae, site specific recombinase FRT (target site)
RNAi
Gene knockdown mice Electroporation or lentiviral infection
Original C57BL/6 mouse
Originated from Abbie Lantrop’s female 57 (and male 52) at Cold spring Harbor Laboratory (C) and was the black (BL) line of this female
Mouse food consumption
3-5g/day after weaning
Water consumption - mouse
6-7mL/day
Eyes open - mice
12-13 days
TNZ mouse
29.6-30.5C
Mouse lung lobes
4 (right): superior, middle, inferior, postcaval