This class covers best practices for maintaining mouse colonies to promote rigor and reproducibility in experimental research. It is intended for lab staff, graduate students, postdocs, and undergraduates working on mouse projects.
The topics to be covered include:
- Importance of genetic background
- Reproduction, breeding, and genotyping
- Sizing mouse colonies
- Recordkeeping
- Genetic drift
- Tips
- Resources
Preferred or Prerequisite Skills:
No prerequisites, although an understanding of basic genetics is presumed.
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