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RGD's phenotypes and models portal is a valuable resource for anyone either currently working with, or considering working with, the rat as a disease model. The strains and models section gives tips and information about animal husbandry -- such as identification systems, genotyping protocols and colony management software, strain availability and rat strains that are good models for human diseases such as cardiovascular disease and breast cancer. The strain medical records give detailed information about a number of important rat strains. The phenotypes section not only lists phenotypic values for many rat strains under a variety of conditions, but also gives detailed protocols so that researchers can do their own measurements. The PhenoMiner is a powerful and flexible tool which gives researchers the option to choose one or more rat strains, experimental conditions and phenotypes from a large number of options to obtain specific and detailed values for those phenotypes.