JAX® Mice & Services Posters

To request any of these indispensible resource posters for your lab, please fill out our web form. Posters are available while supplies last.


129 strains poster

Gene Targeting with 129 Strains

This poster provides detailed information on the 129 substrains that have been used to create embryonic stem cell lines useful in gene targeting and embryonic stem cells derived from them. It also captures the process of creating targeted mutations, including expected results of breeding chimeras to produce germ line transmission.

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JAX® Mice Pups Appearance by Age

This updated poster now illustrates the growth and developmental stages of three JAX® Mice strains, representing black, albino and agouti coat colors, from birth to 14 days of age. This is a great resource for accurately aging mouse pups of various coat colors.

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JAX® Mice Coat Color

This poster provides a visual guide to the genes influencing coat color.  A variety of strains are represented with colors ranging from albino, to black with everything in between— including agouti, dilute brown, chinchilla, etc.

b6 divergence poster

Divergence of C57BL/6 Laboratory Mouse Substrains

This poster illustrates the history and development of today's C57BL/6 (B6) substrains and the significance of substrain divergence. The artwork is by Maine artist Michael Duffy.