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| back·cross [ bák kràwss ] |
transitive verb (past and past participle back·crossed, present participle back·cross·ing, 3rd person present singular back·cross·es) |
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cross hybrid with parent: to cross an organism, especially a hybrid, with one of its parents or an individual genetically identical to that parent
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noun (plural back·cross·es) |
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1. hybrid obtained by backcrossing: a hybrid obtained by backcrossing organisms
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2. act of backcrossing: the act or the process of backcrossing organisms
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