[Establishment of two rat strains for testing coat color genes (author's transl)]

Two tester strains of the rats for testing coat color genes were established. The names, the origins and the genotypes of the rats were as follows: (1) abh (F4) Origin: selected from (BN/fMai X Kyo: Wistar) F2. Genotype: C/C, a/a, b/b, h/h. (2) bhd (F2) Origin: selected from (abh X Tester Moriyama)F2. Genotype: C/C, a/a, b/b, h/h, D/d and C/C, a/a, b/b, h/h, d/d.