Wistar rats


Wis·tar rats

(wis'tehr), an inbred strain of rats, homozygous at most loci, produced by strict brother-sister inbreeding over many generations to develop animals for research with the same general genetic composition. [Wistar Institute]

Wistar,

Caspar, U.S. biologist, 1760-1818, after whom the Wistar Institute is named. Wistar rats - an inbred strain of rats used for research.