Why use only white rats/mice for lab experiments and not black ones too?

Question

I just noticed that most lab experiments are performed on white rats.Never on black ones.My question is why?Is there a DNA thing or a certain advantage or its just because the white ones look less scarier than the black ones?lol lol
Pls,this thread was posted with no bias so I don't want to see anyone critisising me with the "racism"stuff here.All I need is an explanation.
Merci beaucoup.

Answer 1

I work with experimental mice and we have a variety of colours, including black, brown, tan, black with tan bellies, grey and even nude and thats just in the room I look after! The colouration is dependent upon the strain and what they are testing. We have one strain that are a knock-out (knocks out a particular gene expression) where we get offspring from black parents that are white, black, grey and brown! If you are talking about just "typical" lab research for students at school, they would use mice that are accessable and it could be that this was simply the available stock. Additionally, it is easier to take blood samples from the tail vein of a white mouse than a dark one, so students would probably be trained with white animals.
The reason you think that only white rats/mice are used is that is what the media portrays. It is the same thing as everyone thinking that all research requires pipetting - have you noticed that whenever there is a story about medical research they always show someone pipetting? This isnt the case at all! It could also be that old video's use a lot of albino animals.
Hope this helps!

Answer 2

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Why use only white rats/mice for lab experiments and not black ones too?
I just noticed that most lab experiments are performed on white rats.Never on black ones.My question is why?Is there a DNA thing or a certain advantage or its just because the white ones look less scarier than the black ones?lol lol
Pls,this thread was posted with no bias so I don't want to...

Answer 3

Black And White Rats

Answer 4

The white race is a mutation from the black race. A black couple can have a white child but a white couple can't have a back child. The black DNA has all of the gene codes with posible mutations to other genes (white skin, red hair, blue eyes, etc). Black people can have any of these gene mutations sporadically. So, when they test on a small, genetically limited population they test on white rats (white people). When they want to test on the general population they use the black rat(black people). I'm still amazed how many people don't know white skin is a genetic mutation from black people (albinos). Travel and do research more often you guys. 1 in 10,000 Africans have albino children. Scientists have know about white skin mutation for decades now and it's generally considered an open secret that most people in society can't accept. White skin nor black skin is a "privilege". Society has attached preference for one over the other. Who knows what race you will be in your next life. So, get over it. We are all from the same human family that God created.

Answer 5

WHITE RATS WERE GENETICALLY PRODUCED AND THEN INBRED TO PRODUCE SOME OF THE SAME CHARACTERISTICS AS WHITE PEOPLE, BLACK RATS ARE COMMONLY USED WHEN THE REST OF THE POPULATION IS CONCERNED THE REASON IS WHITE PEOPLE WERE CREATED IN THIS SAME MANNER THUS ONLY A PARTICULAR TYPE OF RAT WOULD BE USEFUL IN RESEARCHING FOR THERE GENO CODE. Bet no one tells you that...Damn good question...

Answer 6

They use all kinds available.

We owe so much to rats and mice.

I wish they could use my chinchillas.

Answer 7

Easier to see skin reactions and changes in coloring. On dark mice you cannot see so easily tumors or swelling or other physical changes

Answer 8

They want to use animals with as little genetic variation as possible. That way, any variation can be attributed to the experimental design, not to genetic variations in the subjects.

Answer 9

Was asking myself the same thing

Answer 10

because they are soooooooooooooooo racist