Monohybrid Cross (Noun)
Meaning
Hybridization using a single trait with two alleles (as in Mendel's experiments with garden peas).
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Examples
- A geneticist performed a monohybrid cross to study the inheritance of flower color in a species of plant that exhibits a dominant-recessive relationship between its alleles.
- The students were required to design and conduct a monohybrid cross experiment using Wisconsin Fast Plants to explore the concept of incomplete dominance.
- The geneticist conducted a monohybrid cross between individuals with round eyes and individuals with dented eyes to understand the transmission of this characteristic.
- Mendel's experiments using monohybrid crosses laid the foundation for understanding genetic segregation and the transmission of single-gene traits.
- By carrying out a monohybrid cross, the researchers aimed to determine the effect of the 'tall' allele on plant height among offspring resulting from the cross between 'tall' and 'dwarf' plants.