hybridisation
Noun
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referred to in: genetic science, genetics - the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organismsis a type of: conjugation, coupling, mating, pairing, sexual union, union - the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposessubtypes:
- dihybrid cross - hybridization using two traits with two alleles each
- monohybrid cross - hybridization using a single trait with two alleles (as in Mendel's experiments with garden peas)
- reciprocal, reciprocal cross - hybridization involving a pair of crosses that reverse the sexes associated with each genotype
- test-cross, testcross - 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
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