Preferred Label : rats, long-evans;
MeSH definition : An outbred strain of rats developed in 1915 by crossing several Wistar Institute white
females with a wild gray male. Inbred strains have been derived from this original
outbred strain, including Long-Evans cinnamon rats (RATS, INBRED LEC) and Otsuka-Long-Evans-Tokushima
Fatty rats (RATS, INBRED OLETF), which are models for Wilson's disease and non-insulin
dependent diabetes mellitus, respectively.;
MeSH synonym : long-evans rats; long evans rats; evans rats, long; rats, long evans; Long-Evans Rat; Long Evans Rat; Rat, Long-Evans;
MeSH annotation : NIM when exper animal; check tag RATS;
Origin ID : D020318;
UMLS CUI : C0324537;
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An outbred strain of rats developed in 1915 by crossing several Wistar Institute white
females with a wild gray male. Inbred strains have been derived from this original
outbred strain, including Long-Evans cinnamon rats (RATS, INBRED LEC) and Otsuka-Long-Evans-Tokushima
Fatty rats (RATS, INBRED OLETF), which are models for Wilson's disease and non-insulin
dependent diabetes mellitus, respectively.