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Know Your Model: Recombinase-expressing mice

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Recombinase-expressing mice are selected based on where and when they will activate conditional alleles, but some produce phenotypes in isolation that can complicate analysis of those alleles.

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MGD is supported by program project grant HG000330 from the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

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Perry, M.N., Bello, S.M. & Smith, C.L. Know Your Model: Recombinase-expressing mice. Lab Anim 49, 187–189 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41684-020-0578-1

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