parental generation

/pəˈrɛntəl ˌʤɛnəˈreɪʃən/
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Other forms: parental generations

Definitions of parental generation
  1. noun
    the first pair of individual organisms crossed to produce offspring in a genetic experiment, chosen for specific characteristics
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