Model Description

• Often used as the normotensive control for the SHR
• Males exhibit systolic blood pressures of 125 to 140 mmHg at 10 weeks of age
• A partially inbred model (F10) which retains some residual heterozygosity

Origin: Origin: NIH received the Wistar Kyoto inbred/outbred model as an inbred from the Kyoto School of Medicine in 1971. Taconic received stock at F10 from the NIH Animal Genetic Resource in 1974.

Color: Albino

Coat Color Loci: a, Tyr^c, h