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Sharing different mouse strains is not always so simple

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I was disappointed by the view expressed in your Editorial 'The sharing principle' (Nature 459, 752; 2009) that the mouse community does not share its strains. This is untrue. Most labs are very collegial, spending a considerable amount of time and effort on distributing their mouse strains. Although there are a few labs that withhold distribution, any community may contain such individuals. The fact that a mouse strain is not found in a repository does not mean that it is not being shared.

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