Exploring human disease using the Rat Genome Database

• Main Authors: Mary Shimoyama (Author), Stanley J. F. Laulederkind (Author), Jeff De Pons (Author), Rajni Nigam (Author), Jennifer R. Smith (Author), Marek Tutaj (Author), Victoria Petri (Author), G. Thomas Hayman (Author), Shur-Jen Wang (Author), Omid Ghiasvand (Author), Jyothi Thota (Author), Melinda R. Dwinell (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The Company of Biologists, 2016-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Rattus norvegicus, the laboratory rat, has been a crucial model for studies of the environmental and genetic factors associated with human diseases for over 150 years. It is the primary model organism for toxicology and pharmacology studies, and has features that make it the model of choice in many...