An albino form of the house mouse, widely bred as a pet and laboratory animal.
‘Closer inspection reveals a separate compartment near the top of each trap where a small white mouse sits, out of reach from the snake, gnawing away on grain bars or a large potato.’
‘He meets a little white mouse, a marmalade cat, a black-and-white cow, a green crocodile, a grinning lion, a big-eared elephant and a gigantic whale.’
‘Last year's attraction was the zoo, when a variety of birds, snakes, squirrels, white mice, horses etc. specially brought for the purpose were on display at the school.’
‘The hutch is a small corner filled with white mice, guinea pigs and rabbits.’
‘There were also two white mice that had been smuggled out of a research laboratory.’
‘Cancer mice Meanies in white smocks have been injecting cancer into white mice.’
‘In Xu's lab, the jumping gene carried red fluorescent protein and an enzyme that changes the coat color of a white mouse to grey or black.’
‘However we already know that the overall DNA sequence similarity between humans, chimpanzees and white mice is 99% and 83% respectively.’
‘Britain's first three astronauts - two male, one female - blast off into outer space to occupy a ‘sky lab’ for six months, taking with them a dog and the usual cages of white mice and other insects.’
‘Years later I bought a white mouse at a pet shop.’
‘Years later I bought a white mouse at a pet shop.’
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