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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.

Hypernyms

  • Cross
  • Hybridise
  • Interbreed
  • Hybridize
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