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The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 23:03, 5 May 2015 (UTC)

Abbie Lathrop

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Lab mouse of strain C57BL/6

  • ... that guinea pigs from the "Mouse Woman of Granby" were used in World War I trenches to detect toxic gas?
  • ALT1 ... that several strains of modern laboratory mice are derived from those bred by Abbie Lathrop?
  • ALT2 ... that Abbie Lathrop's mouse number 57 was the origin of the C57BL/6 (pictured) laboratory mouse?
  • ALT3 ... that the "Mouse Woman of Granby" developed inbred strains of laboratory mice?
  • Reviewed: Alma Dolens
  • Comment: The image is only for ALT2.

Created by Gobonobo (talk). Self-nominated at 22:36, 13 April 2015 (UTC).

  • This article is new enough and long enough. ALT1, ALT2 and ALT3 are all acceptable with inline citations to reliable sources. The image is appropriately licensed, the article is neutral and no copivios were found. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 08:24, 4 May 2015 (UTC)
  • Pardon my vanity, but why did you strike ALT4? EEng (talk) 12:30, 4 May 2015 (UTC)