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TESTCROSS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Synonyms:
test-cross; testcross
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("testcross" is a kind of...):
cross; crossbreeding; crossing; hybridisation; hybridization; hybridizing; interbreeding ((genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids)
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