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Mapping modifiers of dominant alleles using RI backcrosses
A set of these RI backcrosses (RIB) has a genetic structure similar to a conventional N2 backcross, but there is no need to genotype any of the RIB progeny and they have the major advantage that isogenic progeny can be typed to obtain much more reliable trait scores.
This group has published that Apcs −/− mice on a (129 × B6) genetic background develop a lupus-like disease, even after repeated backcrosses to B6 (Bickerstaff et al.
There have been sporadic reports of phenotypes initially attributed to deficiency in the expression of a given gene that disappeared with additional backcrosses to B6.
While comparisons between a wild type and a mutant that has been subjected to six or seven backcrosses are generally considered acceptable, there is still a small risk of linkage drag, creating the possibility that genes linked to the brown midrib genes are affecting the development.