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Science 28 April 1967:
Vol. 156. no. 3774, pp. 529 - 530
DOI: 10.1126/science.156.3774.529
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Heritability of Plasma Cholinesterase Activity in Inbred Mouse Strains

Charles R. Angel 1, Dorsey T. Mahin 1, Richard D. Farris 1, Kent T. Woodward 1, John M. Yuhas 2, and John B. Storer 2

1 Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Washington, D.C.
2 The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine

The activity of cholinesterase was measured in the plasma of 543 mice of both sexes from 23 inbred mouse strains. Differences between strains were highly significant. The heritability of this characteristic was 0.70 in females and 0.67 in males.


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