/newsroom/taxonomy/term/4080/all en /newsroom/channels/news/are-scientists-studying-wrong-kind-mice-292312 <p>Mice represent well over half of the non-human subjects of biomedical research, and the vast majority of those mice are inbred. Formed by generation after generation of mating between brothers and sisters, inbred mice are genetically identical to each other, like twins or clones. Inbreeding is well known to reduce health and vigor across species; this biological fact is the reason that incest is a universal taboo.</p> Tue, 04 Dec 2018 15:45:15 +0000 cynthia.lee@mcgill.ca 112352 at /newsroom