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con·gen·ic

(kon-jen'ik),
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]
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Referring to organisms which differ in only one gene locus, the result of specific inbreeding of animals in experimental settings
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congenic

Of organisms that differ only at a single genetic locus.
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The disease characteristics of different strains of scrapie in Sine congenic mouse lines: implications for the nature of the agent and host control of pathogenesis.
Specifically, male, DiD-labelled, an eGFP expressing mAT-MASC were delivered into a healthy, congenic, female recipient.
Congenic mapping of alcohol and pentobarbital withdrawal liability loci to a <1 centimorgan interval of murine chromosome 4: Identification of Mpdz as a candidate gene.
Differential induction of antiviral effects against West Nile virus in primary mouse macrophages derived from flavivirus-susceptible and congenic resistant mice by alpha/beta interferon and poly(I-C).
The ADRA2A locus is associated with impaired insulin granule docking and reduced [beta]-cell exocytosis in congenic GK (Goto-Kakizaki) rats (65).
Centimorgan-range one-step mapping of fertility traits using interspecific recombinant congenic mice.