inbred strain — Any strain of animal or plant obtained by a breeding strategy that tends to lead to homozygosity. Such breeding strategies include brother sister mating and back crossing of offspring with parents. See also congenic … Dictionary of molecular biology
Strain — can refer to: * Strain (biology), a variant of a plant, virus or bacterium; or an inbred animal used for experimental purposes * Strain (chemistry), a chemical stress of a molecule * Strain (continuum mechanics), the deformation of materials… … Wikipedia
inbred line — noun (biology) A strain that has been inbred over many generations, its members being genetically identical or nearly so • • • Main Entry: ↑inbreed … Useful english dictionary
strain — 1. A population of homogeneous organisms possessing a set of defined characteristics; in bacteriology, the set of descendants that retains the characteristics of the ancestor; members of a s. that subsequently differ from the original isolate are … Medical dictionary
Strain (biology) — In biology, strain is a low level taxonomic rank used in three related ways.Microbiology/VirologyA strain is a genetic variant or subtype of a microorganism (e.g. virus or bacterium or fungus). For example, a flu strain is a certain biological… … Wikipedia
BALB/c — Inbred strain of white (albino) mice. Used as a source for one of the various 3T3 cell lines … Dictionary of molecular biology
incross — in·cross in .krȯs n 1) an individual produced by crossing inbred lines of the same breed or strain 2) a mating between individuals from inbred lines of the same breed or strain incross vt to interbreed (inbred lines of a breed or strain) * * *… … Medical dictionary
congenic — Relating to an inbred strain of animals produced by repeated crossing of one gene line onto another inbred (isogenic) line. [con + G. genos, birth, + ic] * * * con·gen·ic (kən jenґik) [con + L. genus race, kind] pertaining to two inbred… … Medical dictionary
NOG mouse — A NOG (NOD/Shi scid/IL 2Rγnull) mouse is a new generation of severely immunodeficient mouse, developed by Central Institute for Experimental Animals (CIEA) in 2000. The NOG mouse accepts heterologous cells much more easily compared with any other … Wikipedia
Backcrossing — Not to be confused with Breeding back. Backcrossing is a crossing of a hybrid with one of its parents or an individual genetically similar to its parent, in order to achieve offspring with a genetic identity which is closer to that of the parent … Wikipedia
