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noun
The breeding of an individual with a phenotypically recessive individual, in order to determine the zygosity of the former by analysing proportions of offspring phenotypes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To breed an individual in this manner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
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noun
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
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: test-cross
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: hybridization, hybridisation, crossbreeding, crossing, cross, interbreeding, hybridizing
History
From test + cross.
