describing a strain produced through successive generations of inbreeding resulting in a population of genetically identical individuals which are homozygous at all genetic loci
Animals that result from the process of at least twenty sequential generations of brother-sister matings This process is called inbreeding (see Chapter 3) See Inbred Strain in the MGI Glossary
A group of organisms so highly inbred as to be genetically identical, except for sexual differences Brother sister matings have been maintained for 20 or more generations
a strain produced through successive generations of inbreeding resulting in a population of genetically identical individuals which are homozygous at all genetic loci
A relatively true breeding strain resulting from at least five successive generations of controlled self fertilization or of back-crossing to a recurrent parent with selection or its equivalent