Establishment of thymoma-prone congenic rat strain, ACI.BUF/Mna-Tsr1/Tsr1.

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PURPOSE: To confirm the presence of the susceptible gene for the thymoma development in the region that was assumed by the previous linkage study by Oyabu et al. (J Natl Cancer Inst 91:279-282, 1999), we tried to establish a congenic strain of rats. METHODS: Backcrossings between the BUF/Mna strain as a donor strain and the ACI/NMna strain as an inbred partner were repeated for 12 generations, examining whether...

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