|
  • Search Results
  • Advanced Search
  • List Builder
  • Random Word

crossbreed

DEFINITIONS OF: crossbreed

1

n (genetics) an organism that is the offspring of genetically dissimilar parents or stock; especially offspring produced by breeding plants or animals of different varieties or breeds or species

Synonyms:
cross, hybrid
Types:
dihybrid
a hybrid produced by parents that differ only at two gene loci that have two alleles each
monohybrid
a hybrid produced by crossing parents that are homozygous except for a single gene locus that has two alleles (as in Mendel's experiments with garden peas)
Type of:
being, organism
a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently

v breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties

“Mendel tried crossbreeding”
Synonyms:
cross, hybridise, hybridize, interbreed
Types:
backcross
mate a hybrid of the first generation with one of its parents
Type of:
breed
cause to procreate (animals)
Launch
WORD FAMILY
USAGE EXAMPLES