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Increased autoimmune diabetes in pIgR-deficient NOD mice is due to a "Hitchhiking" interval that refines the genetic effect of Idd5.4.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2015
Simpfendorfer Kim R, Strugnell Richard A, Brodnicki Thomas C, Wijburg Odilia L C
Abstract excerpt
Selective breeding to introduce a gene mutation from one mouse strain onto the genetic background of another strain invariably produces "hitchhiking" (i.e. flanking) genomic intervals, which may independently affect a disease trait of interest. To investigate a role for the polymeric Ig receptor in autoimmune diabetes, a congenic nonobese diabetic (NOD) mouse strain was generated that harbors a Pigr null allele...
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