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ALTHOUGH the classical tissue transplantation investigations by Medawar were performed on rabbits, the lack of isogenic strains such as exist in mice and in guinea-pigs has limited the usefulness of the rabbit in experimental transplantation. Since inbred populations of rabbits are rare, we wish to report preliminary experiments carried out in such a colony.
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COLBERG, J., DANNENBERG, A. An Evaluation of Inbred Rabbit Populations by Skin Homotransplantation. Nature 207, 777–778 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1038/207777a0
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