vicinismn.
/ˈvɪsɪnɪz(ə)m/ Biology.
(See quots. 1905, 1959.)
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nick1824
crossing1851
hybridization1851
hybridism1854
intercrossing1859
hybridation1879
outcrossing1890
paragenesis1890
outbreeding1901
back-crossing1904
vicinism1905
monohybridism1907
cross-breeding1932
1905 H. de Vries Species & Varieties 188 For this purpose I propose the word vicinism..as indicating the sporting of a variety under the influence of others in its vicinity.
1929 Hereditas XIII. 188 The percentage of vicinism has been exactly determined for one Tetrahit line... The flower colour of this line..is recessive to the red flower colour of the line T–G.
1959 N.Z. Timber Jrnl. Feb. 58/2 Vicinism... The tendency to variation caused by natural crossing with related forms growing nearby.
Derivatives
ˈvicinist n. a form produced by vicinism.
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the world > life > biology > biological processes > genetic activity > heredity or hereditary descent > [noun] > cross-breeding or hybridism > hybrid or cross
mongrel1558
hybrid1601
centaur1606
mulatto1664
half-strain1673
cross1761
cross-breed1774
first cross1793
double-cross1810
quadroon1811
intercross1859
outcross1882
reciprocal1901
filial generation1902
monohybrid1902
vicinist1905
first filial (or F₁) generation1909
polyhybrid1910
back-cross1919
second filial (or F₂) generation1938
1905 H. de Vries Species & Varieties 201 Of two hundred seeds one became a blue atavist, or rather vicinist, while all others remained true to the white type.
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