Preferred Label : rats, hairless;
MeSH definition : Mutant strains of rats that produce little or no hair. Several different homozygous
recessive mutations can cause hairlessness in rats including rnu/rnu (Rowett nude),
fz/fz (fuzzy), shn/shn (shorn), and nznu/nznu (New Zealand nude). Note that while
NUDE RATS are often hairless, they are most characteristically athymic.;
MeSH synonym : hairless rat; hairless rats; rat, hairless;
Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hairless rat;
Origin ID : D054772;
UMLS CUI : C1956050;
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Mutant strains of rats that produce little or no hair. Several different homozygous
recessive mutations can cause hairlessness in rats including rnu/rnu (Rowett nude),
fz/fz (fuzzy), shn/shn (shorn), and nznu/nznu (New Zealand nude). Note that while
NUDE RATS are often hairless, they are most characteristically athymic.