Acclimation & testing periods
Vendor The 32 inbred mouse strains used were purchased from The Jackson Laboratory (JAX®, Bar Harbor, ME) Ages 8-12 wks of age at the start of testing Feed Newco Rodent chow_5053 Water Chlorinated water, dispensed in autoclaved water bottles given ad libitum Housing Ventilated microisolator cages, shoe-box style Bedding Corn cob bedding (1/4" and 1/8") Photoperiod 12:12, light:dark cycle Humidity 45-67% Temperature 70°± 2°C Regulatory compliance Mice were housed in a pathogen free facility at the Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation (GNF) and all experiments were approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) and conducted in agreement with the NIH policy.