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Strain Name:

C57BL/6NJ

Stock Number:

005304

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Former Name      C57BL/6NCrJ    (Changed: 26-APR-05 )


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Strain Details

Type Inbred Strain
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Mating SystemInbred x Inbred         (Female x Male)
Specieslaboratory mouse
Generationf?+4 (21-NOV-06)

Appearance
black
Related Genotype: a/a

Strain Description
This is an NIH subline of C57BL/6. It was separated from C57BL/6J in 1951. 5 SNP differences have been identified that distinguish C57BL/6J from C57BL/6ByJ and C57BL/6NJ. Both C57BL/6ByJ and C57BL/6NJ type as follows: 08-015199792-M is C; 11-004367508-M is A; 13-041017317-M is C; 15-057561875-M is G; 19-049914266-M is T. C57BL/6J types as follows: 08-015199792-M is T; 11-004367508-M is G; 13-041017317-M is T; 15-057561875-M is A; 19-049914266-M is G (Petkov and Wiles, 2005.) This strain does not have the deletion in the Nnt gene that has been found in the C57BL/6J strain (stock#000664).

Strain Development
In 1951 C57BL/6J, then at generation F32, were sent from The Jackson Laboratory to The National Institute of Health where they were maintained via sibling mating for decades. In 1980 this subline reached F126 and in 1984 embryos were cryopreserved at the NIH cryopreservation facility. In approximately 1994 some of these embryos were thawed and maintained via sibling mating and this subline was referred to as B6(e84) to specify that it derived from the embryos frozen in 1984. In September and October of 1997 a new set of embryos were cryopreserved from this thawed line by backcrossing +F6 females to their +F5 fathers. In 2005 some of these embryos frozen in 1997 were sent to The Jackson Laboratory where they were thawed and gave rise to C57BL/6NJ. Thus, C57BL/6NJ is devoid of mutations that may have arisen in any C57BL/6N sublines that remained on the shelf after the 1984 freeze. The embryos received by The Jackson Laboratory were thawed, the colony expanded, and re-frozen immediately. This strain is maintained with frequent replenishment from this frozen stock in order to arrest genetic drift.

Colony Maintenance

Diet Information LabDiet® 5K52/5K67

Related Strains

C57BL Strains
000665   C57BL/10J
003752   C57BL/10ScNJ
000476   C57BL/10ScSnJ
000666   C57BL/10SnJ
001822   C57BL/10SxJ
001197   C57BL/10WtRkJ
000663   C57BL/6By
001139   C57BL/6ByJ
000664   C57BL/6J
000924   C57BL/6JEiJ
View C57BL Strains     (10 strains)

Phenotypic Data

Festing Inbred Strain Characteristics: C57BL

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Room Number           AX12

Research Applications

This mouse can be used to support research in many areas including:

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References

Selected Reference(s)

Toye AA; Lippiat JD; Proks P; Shimomura K; Bentley L; Hugill A; Mijat V; Goldsworthy M; Moir L; Haynes A; Quarterman J; Freeman HC; Ashcroft FM; Cox RD. 2005. A genetic and physiological study of impaired glucose homeostasis control in C57BL/6J mice. Diabetologia 48(4):675-86. [PubMed: 15729571]  [J:106692]


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Strain Name: C57BL/6NJ
Stock Number: 005304

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Standard SupplyRepository-Live. A collection of over 1000 strains maintained as live colonies. Individual colonies are sized to meet current customer demand. Delivery for orders of 10 mice or less ranges on average from one to eight weeks; mice are generally shipped between four to six weeks of age with a maximum shipping age of ~nine weeks. Colony sizes do not generally support stringent age specifications for large volumes of mice; however custom orders and larger quantities of mice are easily arranged. Estimated ship dates for all orders provided within 48 hours of order placement.
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Usually shipped between four and six weeks of age.
Genomic DNA is available for this strain from the Mouse DNA Resource.
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