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congenic /con·gen·ic/ (kon-jen´ik) of or relating to a strain of animals developed from an inbred (isogenic) strain by repeated matings with animals from another stock that have a foreign gene, the final congenic strain then presumably differing from the original inbred strain by the presence of this gene.

Congenic

Referring to organisms which differ in only one gene locus, the result of specific inbreeding of animals in experimental settings

congenic

a genetic term usually used to refer to specially inbred strains of mice that differ only in restricted regions of the genome; used particularly in mapping major histocompatibility complex antigens.

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