B6D2F1 Mouse  Longevity statistics were calculated with data from the National Center for Toxicological Research.  (4 February 2004)
James M. Harper
Sci. Aging Knowl. Environ. 2004 (5), as1. [DOI: 10.1126/sageke.2004.5.as1]
[Abstract] [Full Text] [NCTR Longevity Data]

Brown Norway Rat  This strain is used extensively in studies involving autoimmune diseases.  (22 September 2004)
Donna J. Holmes
Sci. Aging Knowl. Environ. 2004 (38), as3. [DOI: 10.1126/sageke.2004.38.as3]
[Abstract] [Full Text] [NCTR Longevity Data]

CB6F1 Mouse  This mouse is a first-generation hybrid from a cross of a BALB/c female with a C57BL/6 male.  (4 February 2004)
James M. Harper
Sci. Aging Knowl. Environ. 2004 (5), as2. [DOI: 10.1126/sageke.2004.5.as2]
[Abstract] [Full Text]

DBA/2 Mouse  This inbred laboratory mouse strain was started around 1930.  (5 November 2003)
Donna J. Holmes
Sci. Aging Knowl. Environ. 2003 (44), as3. [DOI: 10.1126/sageke.2003.44.as3]
[Abstract] [Full Text] [National Center for Toxicological Research Longevity Data]

F344 Rat  This rat is an inbred laboratory strain that originated at the Columbia University Institute for Cancer Research in 1920.  (10 September 2003)
Donna J. Holmes
Sci. SAGE KE 2003 (36), as2. [DOI: 10.1126/sageke.2003.36.as2]
[Abstract] [Full Text] [ NCTR Longevity Data]

F344BNF1 and BNF344F1 Hybrid Rats  Hybrid strains are longer-lived and healthier than the parental strains.  (17 November 2004)
Donna J. Holmes
Sci. Aging Knowl. Environ. 2004 (46), as4. [DOI: 10.1126/sageke.2004.46.as4]
[Abstract] [Full Text] [NCTR Longevity Data]