to cross one with another; place across each other
2.
to cross (each other), as streets; intersect
3.
to cross in interbreeding
intransitive verb
4.
to cross each other; intersect
5.
to interbreed
noun
6.
an instance of cross-fertilization
Word origin
[1705–15; inter- + cross]This word is first recorded in the period 1705–15. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: convergence, encore, focal point, junction, tie-upinter- is a prefix occurring in loanwords from Latin, where it meant “between,” “among,”“in the midst of,” “mutually,” “reciprocally,” “together,” “during” (intercept; interest). On this model, inter- is used in the formation of compound words (intercom; interdepartmental)
Examples of 'intercross' in a sentence
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Strain intercross experiments provide a powerful means for mapping genes affecting complex quantitative traits.
Melissa G. Kramer, Ty T. Vaughn, L. Susan Pletscher, Kelly King-Ellison, Emily Adams,Christopher Erikson, James M. Cheverud 1998, 'Genetic variation in body weight gain and composition in the intercross of Large (LG/J)and Small (SM/J) inbred strains of mice', Genetics and Molecular Biologyhttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47571998000200007. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
These individuals would subsequently intercross and blend their respective advantages.
Charles Darwin The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Vol. 2 (1868). Retrieved in 2019 from Project Gutenberg (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/)
In contrast, there was a strong positive correlation between volume and neuron number among intercross progeny.
Williams Robert W, Rosen Glenn D 2001, 'Complex trait analysis of the mouse striatum: independent QTLs modulate volume andneuron number', BMC Neurosciencehttp://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2202/2/5. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
We measured individual egg fecundity in 232 intercross chickens in two consecutive trials, the second one aimed at measuring brooding.
Martin Johnsson, Kenneth B. Jonsson, Leif Andersson, Per Jensen, Dominic Wright 2016, 'Quantitative Trait Locus and Genetical Genomics Analysis Identifies Putatively CausalGenes for Fecundity and Brooding in the Chicken', G3: Genes, Genomes, Geneticshttp://g3journal.org/lookup/doi/10.1534/g3.115.024299. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The founders of the intercross were high-density genotyped, and then pedigree-based imputation was used to assign genotypes throughout the pedigree.
Monika Brandt, Muhammad Ahsan, Christa F. Honaker, Paul B. Siegel, Örjan Carlborg 2017, 'Imputation-Based Fine-Mapping Suggests That Most QTL in an Outbred Chicken AdvancedIntercross Body Weight Line Are Due to Multiple, Linked Loci', G3: Genes, Genomes, Geneticshttp://g3journal.org/lookup/doi/10.1534/g3.116.036012. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)