Exotic mice for aging: Authors' reply

Richard A. Miller; David Burke; Steve Austad

doi:10.1016/S0197-4580(99)00039-1

Exotic mice for aging: Authors' reply

Richard A. Miller, David Burke, Steve Austad

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Abstract

The authors reply here to comments made by Drs. McClearn and Festing about the strengths and weaknesses of nonstandard mouse models in experimental gerontology, stressing once again the trade-off between internal and external validity. Although the use of genetically isogenic mice may, in some cases, minimize experimental costs by diminishing variance among individuals, reliance on a small number of inbred, long-domesticated stocks diminishes the external validity of a research program, i.e., the degree to which its conclusions give insights into questions of greater biological interest than the behavior of a single genotype.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	245-246
Number of pages	2
Journal	Neurobiology of Aging
Volume	20
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0197-4580(99)00039-1
State	Published - Jan 1 1999

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Neuroscience(all)
Aging
Clinical Neurology
Developmental Biology
Geriatrics and Gerontology

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