We are soon going to cease maintaining these lines, and would be happy to
provide stock to anyone who might be interested. They are in limited
supply, so availability is first-come, first-serve.
Available lines are:
[A] SW.B6-Soa(b). These are animals congenic with the inbred line SWR/J
which are homozygous for the soa-b [nontaster] allele from the C57BL/6J
inbred line. There is one line available at approximately generation
F10N21.
[B] C3.SW-Soa(a). These are animals maintained by lineal backcrossing to C3
inbred mice. They carry the soa-a [taster] allele from the SWR/J inbred
line. There are three separate lines available at generations 28-29.
References:
Boughter, J. D. Jr., & Whitney, G.,(1998). Behavioral specificity of the
bitter taste gene Soa.
Physiology and Behavior, 63, 101-108.
Harder, D.B., Gannon, K.S., & Whitney, G. (1996). SW.B6-Soab nontaster
congenic strains
completed and a sucrose octaacetate congenic quartet tested with other
bitters. Chemical Senses 21, 507-517.
Boughter, J.D. Jr., & Whitney, G. (1995). C3.SW-Soaa heterozygous congenic
taster mice.
Behavior Genetics, 25, 233-237
Whitney, G., & Harder, D.B. (1994). Genetics of bitter perception in mice.
Physiology &
Behavior, 56, 1141-1147.
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Glayde Whitney
Professor
Department of Psychology
Florida State University
Tallahassee FL 32306-1270
phone 850 644 9873
fax 850 644 7739