CD-1

Origin

Developed from the transfer of the nude gene from Crl:NU-Foxn1nu to a CD-1 mouse through a series of crosses and backcrosses beginning in 1979 at Charles River Laboratories, Wilmington, MA. The animal lacks a thymus, is unable to produce T-cells, and is therefore immunodeficient.

Coat Color

Hairless, albino background

Ideal For:

tumor biology and xenograft research

Strain Code:

087 (Heterozygous, not immunodeficient), 086 (Homozygous)