consomic

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Etymology[edit]

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Adjective[edit]

consomic (not comparable)

  1. (genetics, of a strain) inbred and with one of its chromosomes replaced by the homologous chromosome of another inbred strain via a series of marker-assisted backcrosses

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Noun[edit]

consomic (plural consomics)

  1. (genetics) Such an organism