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Spontaneous diabetes mellitus, as observed in Chinese hamsters, has been described and compared with diabetes in human and experimental animals. Evidence was cited that in Chinese hamsters, the disease is genetically determined. Certain inferences were drawn as to the importance and significance of this observation for the future study of inheritance of diabetes, screening of hypoglycemic agents in the Chinese hamster, and metabolic studies.
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Meier et al. (1959) studied this question.