Backcross (Verb)
Meaning
Mate a hybrid of the first generation with one of its parents.
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
Examples
- To improve the desirable traits in the new plant variety, the breeder decided to backcross it with its parent species.
- Scientists will backcross the hybrid organism to one of its parent strains to retain the unique genetic characteristics.
- The technique of backcrossing is commonly used in animal breeding to introduce desirable traits from a rare genetic line.
- Researchers planned to backcross the transgenic plant with its non-transgenic parent to assess the stability of the introduced gene.
- In the third step of the experiment, the team will backcross the F1 generation birds with their non-domesticated parent species.