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Inbred strain

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: congenic.


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Plants - genetics

... me to find a good explanation/answer for the following question: An inbred strain of plants has a mean height of 24 cm. A second strain of the same species also has a ...

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Tue Dec 18, 2012 12:16 am
 
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