Viewpoint: are studies in genetically altered mice out of control?

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Because the use of transgenic and gene-targeted models has increased in popularity, the number of reports describing unpredictable phenotypic effects caused by variation in the genetic background used to generate or propagate these models has steadily increased. There are now many examples in which animals containing the same exact genetic manipulation exhibit profoundly different phenotypes when present on...

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