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Mouse Kidney Thick Section - DIC
Laboratory mice represent specialized breeds of house mice and are used in many scientific experiments because of their close mammalian relationship to humans. Compared to larger mammals, mice and other rodents are small, easy to handle, inexpensive to house, and breed quickly. During the Twentieth Century, scientists bred different strains of mice with genetic deficiencies in order to produce models for human diseases.
