NMRI Mouse

**Semantic type:** Mammal

**Definition:** Derived from a Swiss type mouse that C. Lynch passed onto Poiley at NIH in 1937. This strain, then known as NIH/PI, was maintained as an inbred strain and was passed onto the Naval Medical Research Institute at F51. The NMRI mouse has a white coat color (albino) with genotype A/a, TyrC.

**Synonyms:** - NMRI - NMRI