an offspring in a litter in its relation to the others in the litter
littermate in American English
(ˈlɪtərˌmeit)
noun
one of a pair or group of animals born or reared in the same litter
Word origin
[1920–25; litter + mate1]
Examples of 'littermate' in a sentence
littermate
However, the mechanisms enabling the smaller placenta to grow a comparable littermate are unknown.
Shanice K. Krombeen, Vijay Shankar, Rooksana E. Noorai, Christopher A. Saski, JuliaL. Sharp, Matthew E. Wilson, Tiffany A. Wilmoth 2019, 'The identification of differentially expressed genes between extremes of placentalefficiency in maternal line gilts on day 95 of gestation', BMC Genomicshttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12864-019-5626-0. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
There were no significant differences in any parameter tested relative to wildtype littermate controls.
Georgia Perganta, Alun R. Barnard, Christiana Katti, Athanasios Vachtsevanos, RonH. Douglas, Robert E. MacLaren, Marcela Votruba, Sumathi Sekaran 2013, 'Non-Image-Forming Light Driven Functions Are Preserved in a Mouse Model of AutosomalDominant Optic Atrophy', PLoS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0056350. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The female littermate and the dam were both heterozygous for the mutant chromosome.
Lluís Sánchez, Elsa Beltrán, Alberta de Stefani, Ling T Guo, Anita Shea, G Diane Shelton,Luisa De Risio, Louise M Burmeister 2018, 'Clinical and genetic characterisation of dystrophin-deficient muscular dystrophy ina family of Miniature Poodle dogs.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5825102?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Other genes including conserved psoriasiform trademark gene expression were augmented in slc15a4 feeble versus littermate controls.
Alexis D. Griffith, Asifa K. Zaidi, Ashley Pietro, Matthew Hadiono, Jessica S. Yang,Rachel Davis, Daniel L. Popkin 2018, 'A requirement for slc15a4 in imiquimod-induced systemic inflammation and psoriasiforminflammation in mice', Scientific Reportshttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1038/s41598-018-32668-9. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)