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inbred strain [′in‚bred ‚strān] (genetics) Animal strain that results when individuals that are more closely related to each other than randomly chosen individuals mate together for many generations. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Additionally, mice of the C57Bl6 strain may be used advantageously in the study of endocrine disruption when an inbred strain is required. dominance and epistasis [Falconer & Mackay 1996]) in outcrossed hybrids by comparing each of the 10 outbred strains to the mean of the two inbred strains from which it was created. Drug development and testing processes resulted in such substantial orders for mice that it became possible to produce inbred strains in bulk. |
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