Those of you who receive mice from the MMRRC: have they ever been mislabeled? (Labeled Tg, when they are WT, e.g.)?

Karen Parfitt @Karen-Parfitt

28 March 2023 0 4K Report

we are trying to sort out at which stage the mis-identification of WT vs Tg mice occurred.

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