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A litter of anemic mice held in the rubber gloved hands of Tamma Kaysser. In this litter of eight, five are normal and three are mutants who show noticeable jaundice in this photo taken less than twelve hours after they were born. Jaundiced mice have fragile red blood cells, due to lack of an important beta spectrin protein, similar to the human disease called “hereditary sphero cytosis”.

The Jackson Laboratory breeds genetically specific mice and ships over two million mice per year to medical research laboratories around the world. This enables scientists in different parts of the world to test and duplicate experiments on genetically identical specimens. The mice are bred for naturally occurring mutations that mimic human maladies. Mice are the best genetic model for medical studies because they are so well known genetically, even better than humans.

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A litter of anemic mice held in the rubber gloved hands of Tamma Kaysser. In this litter of eight, five are normal and three are mutants who show noticeable jaundice in this photo taken less than twelve hours after they were born. Jaundiced mice have fragile red blood cells, due to lack of an important beta spectrin protein, similar to the human disease called “hereditary sphero cytosis”. <br /> <br /> The Jackson Laboratory breeds genetically specific mice and ships over two million mice per year to medical research laboratories around the world. This enables scientists in different parts of the world to test and duplicate experiments on genetically identical specimens. The mice are bred for naturally occurring mutations that mimic human maladies. Mice are the best genetic model for medical studies because they are so well known genetically, even better than humans.

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