Rats and mice are often confused due to their similar appearance and shared rodent characteristics. However, they exhibit distinct differences in size, behaviour, and habitat preferences.

More details of these projects have been published elsewhere 2. Table 1 Current rat genome statistics compared to mouse and human a Full size table Genome upgrade in 2008. The extra sequence data ...

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