Genealogy of the 129 inbred strains: 129/SvJ is a contaminated inbred strain |
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| Authors: | David W. Threadgill Delia Yee Argabin Matin Joseph H. Nadeau Terry Magnuson |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Department of Cell Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, 1161 21st Ave. S, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, USA, US;(2) Department of Genetics, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, 10900 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA, US |
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| Abstract: | The 129 mouse is the most widely used strain in gene targeting experiments. However, numerous substrains exist with demonstrable physiological differences. In this study a set of simple sequence length polymorphisms (SSLPs) was used to determine the relatedness of selected 129 substrains. 129/SvJ was significantly different from the other 129 substrains and is more accurately classified as a recombinant congenic strain (129cX/Sv), being derived from 129/Sv and an unknown strain. This mixed genetic background could complicate gene targeting experiments by reducing homologous recombination efficiency when constructs and ES cells are not derived from the same 129 substrain. Additionally, discrepancies due to different genetic backgrounds may arise when comparing phenotypes of genes targeted in different 129-derived ES cell lines. Received: 2 December 1996 / Accepted: 10 February 1997 |
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