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How to pronounce backcross in English?

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Type of cross, crossbreed, hybridise, hybridize, interbreed

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It can backcross with either parent, but the product is a conventionally sterile hybrid.
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Several of the hybrid ram offspring were then bred to either Red Maasai or Dorper ewes to complete the backcross.
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A subsequent F1 backcross to ALS strongly supports the hypothesis that the trait is attributable to a single gene.
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At the annual general meeting of the DCA in May 2006, the backcross issue was discussed again by club members.
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To make sure each line has different resistant genes, each donor parent is used in a separate backcross program.
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These offspring don't usually go on to become new species, because they backcross with individuals from their parent species.
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A backcross produced a mixed result.
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The sweet orange is the result of a complex hybridization event between pummelo and mandarin, which was followed by a backcross with mandarin.
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Identification of quantitative trait loci affecting resistance to gastrointestinal parasites in a double backcross population of Red Maasai and Dorper sheep.
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More examples
  • Mate a hybrid of the first generation with one of its parents
  • Backcrossing is a crossing of a hybrid with one of its parents or an individual genetically similar to its parent, in order to achieve offspring with a genetic identity which is closer to that of the parent. It is used in horticulture, animal breeding and in production of gene knockout organisms.
  • (BACKCROSSING) (1) The mating of a hybrid to a purebred of a parent breed or line. (2) The mating of an individual (purebred or hybrid) to any other individual (purebred or hybrid) with which it has one or more ancestral breeds or lines in common.
  • (Backcrossing) Mating a hybrid to a breed that the hybrid is already composed of, e.g. breeding an Angus x Hereford hybrid female to an Angus mate.
  • A genetic crossing of a heterozygous organism and one of its homozygous parents.
  • A cross between one animal type that is heterozygous for alleles obtained from two parental strains and a second animal type from one of those parental strains. ...
  • Crossing a hybrid back to one of the original parents, called the recurrent parent. In agronomy, the recurrent parent is usually a single genotype, often a named variety. In forestry, the recurrent parent is usually a different genotype from the same species or population. ...
  • Cross of progeny with either of its parents is called as backcross.
  • The pairing of a chick back to one of its parents (see Inbreeding).