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MeSH Heading: Rats, Long-Evans
Tree Number(s): B01.050.150.900.649.313.992.635.505.700.500
Unique ID: D020318
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D020318
Annotation: NIM when exper animal; check tag RATS
Scope Note: An outbred strain of rats developed in 1915 by crossing several Wistar Institute white females with a wild gray male. Inbred strains have been derived from this original outbred strain, including Long-Evans cinnamon rats (RATS, INBRED LEC) and Otsuka-Long-Evans-Tokushima Fatty rats (RATS, INBRED OLETF), which are models for Wilson's disease and non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus, respectively.
Entry Term(s): Long Evans Rats; Long-Evans Rat
Previous Indexing: Rats (1968-1998)
See Also: Rats, Inbred LEC; Rats, Inbred OLETF
Public MeSH Note: 99
History Note: 99
Date Established: 1999/01/01
Date of Entry: 1998/06/11
Revision Date: 2020/09/02

Allowable Qualifiers: abnormalities (AB)

anatomy & histology (AH)

blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

classification (CL)

embryology (EM)

genetics (GE)

growth & development (GD)

immunology (IM)

injuries (IN)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

parasitology (PS)

physiology (PH)

psychology (PX)

surgery (SU)

urine (UR)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0029968
Scope Note: An outbred strain of rats developed in 1915 by crossing several Wistar Institute white females with a wild gray male. Inbred strains have been derived from this original outbred strain, including Long-Evans cinnamon rats (RATS, INBRED LEC) and Otsuka-Long-Evans-Tokushima Fatty rats (RATS, INBRED OLETF), which are models for Wilson's disease and non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus, respectively.
Terms: Rats, Long-Evans Preferred Term
Term UI T060110
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID NLM (1999); Long-Evans Rat
Term UI T000998294
Date11/20/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Long Evans Rats
Term UI T060109
Date02/24/1998
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID NLM (1999)

Rats, Long-Evans MeSH Descriptor Data 2024