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For the production of transgenic rats, matings are carried out under controlled conditions in order to obtain a supply of one-cell fertilized eggs, and to obtain pseudopregnancy in females, which will act as surrogate mothers for the microinjected eggs.
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Phang, CH. (1993). Mating of Rats. In: Murphy, D., Carter, D.A. (eds) Transgenesis Techniques. Methods in Molecular Biology™, vol 18. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1385/0-89603-245-0:253
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