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Definition of Littermate
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Littermate
Literary usage of Littermate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
"However, in crinkled mutants from dams receiving the copper supplemented diet (500
ppm Cu), activity of the enzyme was normal, the same as their littermate ..."
2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"Microscopic and submicroscopic studies on regenerating gastric mucosa neonatally
grafted in the subcutaneous tissue of littermate mice have revealed that ..."
3. Microbial and Phenotypic Definition of Rats and Mice: Proceedings of the by National Research Council Staff, ebrary, Inc, National Research Council, International Committee, Commission on Life Sciences, National Academy of Sciences (1999)
"... composed of cells from the 129 embryonic stem cells and die host, typically
C57BL/6J, mated to a littermate. Such a strain is designated using the ..."
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