Resources
Interested in working with the High Runner mice?
Mice or tissues are available on request to scientific and educational institutions, subject to availability. Requestors must pay for shipping and related costs.
In addition, all 4 of the High runner lines and all 4 of the non-selected Control lines have been cryopreserved as both embryos and sperm at the Mutant Mouse Resource & Research Center at the University of California, Davis. Here are the links to the 4 HR lines followed by the 4 Control lines.
https://www.mmrrc.org/catalog/sds.php?mmrrc_id=36756
https://www.mmrrc.org/catalog/sds.php?mmrrc_id=36757
https://www.mmrrc.org/catalog/sds.php?mmrrc_id=36758
https://www.mmrrc.org/catalog/sds.php?mmrrc_id=36759
Strain Name: GlndMmucd:HVWR8
Stock Number: 036759-UCD
Citation ID: RRID:MMRRC_036759-UCD
Other Names: HR8, High Runner 8
https://www.mmrrc.org/catalog/sds.php?mmrrc_id=36760
https://www.mmrrc.org/catalog/sds.php?mmrrc_id=36761
https://www.mmrrc.org/catalog/sds.php?mmrrc_id=36762
https://www.mmrrc.org/catalog/sds.php?mmrrc_id=36763
Strain Name: GlndMmucd:CVWR5
Stock Number: 036763-UCD
Citation ID: RRID:MMRRC_036763-UCD
Other Names: C5, High Runner Control 5
In addition, Line HR6 was inbred by Kevin Middleton to fix for the mini-muscle allele:
https://www.mmrrc.org/catalog/sds.php?mmrrc_id=44022
Strain Name: Hsd:ICR-Myh4minimsc/KmiddMmmh
Stock Number: 044022-MU
Citation ID:RRID: MMRRC_044022-MU
Other Names: MM inbred
Online sources:
Evolutionary physiology on Wikipedia
Experimental evolution on Wikipedia
Quantitative genetics college lecture from UCR
Quantitative genetics on Wikipedia (very detailed and technical)
Selective breeding on Wikipedia
The Scientific Method as an Ongoing Process short presentation from UCR
Teaching materials:
Born to Run lesson plan (middle-school, but easily scaled to high school or college)
Nature or Nurture? Heritability in the Classroom lesson plan (college or advanced high school)
Simulating Random Genetic Drift lesson plan (college or high school)