Definition of Congenic

1. Adjective. (genetics) (''of different strains of an organism'') That are genetically identical except for a variation in a limited genetic region or locus. ¹

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Definition of Congenic

1. of animal cells in breeding [adj]

Medical Definition of Congenic

1. Organisms that differ in genotype at (ideally) one specified locus. Strictly speaking these are conisogenics. Thus one homozygous strain can be spoken of as being congenic to another. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Congenic

congenerical
congenericity
congenerous
congenerousness
congeners
congenetic
congenial
congenialities
congeniality
congenialize
congenialized
congenializes
congenializing
congenially
congenialness
congenic (current term)
congenic strain
congenically
congenious

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