hybridisation
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1. (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids (noun.act)
| hyponym | : | dihybrid cross, |
| definition | : | hybridization using two traits with two alleles each (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | monohybrid cross, |
| definition | : | hybridization using a single trait with two alleles (as in Mendel's experiments with garden peas) (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | reciprocal, reciprocal cross, |
| definition | : | hybridization involving a pair of crosses that reverse the sexes associated with each genotype (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | test-cross, testcross, |
| definition | : | a cross between an organism whose genotype for a certain trait is unknown and an organism that is homozygous recessive for that trait so the unknown genotype can be determined from that of the offspring (noun.act) |
| domain category | : | genetic science, genetics, |
| definition | : | the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms (noun.cognition) |
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