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JAX^® Bulletins

• New 129 Nomenclature (June 2001)
• Coat Color of C57BL/6J-Bax^tm1Sjk Mice (July 1999)
• The Jackson Laboratory DOES NOT have MHV (August 1999)
• Update on Nomenclature Changes for Congenic Mutant Strains (May 2000)
• Diet Change Notification (stock #000642) September 2000)
• New Gene Name for Nude Mice (May 2000)
• C3H/HeJ and C3H/HeOuJ Mice Free of Exogenous MMTV (February 2001)
• Monitoring the Expression of the HLA-A2.1 Transgene (December 2000)
• Charles River and The Jackson Laboratory Cooperate in International Supply of Mouse Research Models  (September 2001)
• JAX^® Mice Strain Nomenclature Update (December 2003)
• Data Sheet for JAX^® Mice Strain NONcNZO10/LtJ 
  (JAX Notes Supplemental #12, January 2004)

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