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B0011100 (băk′krôs′, -krŏs′)tr.v. back·crossed, back·cross·ing, back·cross·es To cross (a hybrid) with one of its parents or with an individual genetically identical to one of its parents.n.1. The act of making such a cross.2. An individual resulting from such a cross.

backcross

(ˈbækˌkrɒs) vb (Genetics) to mate (a hybrid of the first generation) with one of its parentsn1. (Genetics) the offspring so produced2. (Genetics) the act or process of backcrossing

back•cross

(ˈbækˌkrɔs, -ˌkrɒs)

v.t. 1. to cross (a hybrid of the first generation) with either of its parents. n. 2. an instance of such crossing. [1900–05]

backcross

Past participle: backcrossed
Gerund: backcrossing

Imperative
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Present
I backcross
you backcross
he/she/it backcrosses
we backcross
you backcross
they backcross

Preterite
I backcrossed
you backcrossed
he/she/it backcrossed
we backcrossed
you backcrossed
they backcrossed

Present Continuous
I am backcrossing
you are backcrossing
he/she/it is backcrossing
we are backcrossing
you are backcrossing
they are backcrossing

Present Perfect
I have backcrossed
you have backcrossed
he/she/it has backcrossed
we have backcrossed
you have backcrossed
they have backcrossed

Past Continuous
I was backcrossing
you were backcrossing
he/she/it was backcrossing
we were backcrossing
you were backcrossing
they were backcrossing

Past Perfect
I had backcrossed
you had backcrossed
he/she/it had backcrossed
we had backcrossed
you had backcrossed
they had backcrossed

Future
I will backcross
you will backcross
he/she/it will backcross
we will backcross
you will backcross
they will backcross

Future Perfect
I will have backcrossed
you will have backcrossed
he/she/it will have backcrossed
we will have backcrossed
you will have backcrossed
they will have backcrossed

Future Continuous
I will be backcrossing
you will be backcrossing
he/she/it will be backcrossing
we will be backcrossing
you will be backcrossing
they will be backcrossing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been backcrossing
you have been backcrossing
he/she/it has been backcrossing
we have been backcrossing
you have been backcrossing
they have been backcrossing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been backcrossing
you will have been backcrossing
he/she/it will have been backcrossing
we will have been backcrossing
you will have been backcrossing
they will have been backcrossing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been backcrossing
you had been backcrossing
he/she/it had been backcrossing
we had been backcrossing
you had been backcrossing
they had been backcrossing

Conditional
I would backcross
you would backcross
he/she/it would backcross
we would backcross
you would backcross
they would backcross

Past Conditional
I would have backcrossed
you would have backcrossed
he/she/it would have backcrossed
we would have backcrossed
you would have backcrossed
they would have backcrossed

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Verb

backcross - mate a hybrid of the first generation with one of its parentscrossbreed, hybridise, hybridize, interbreed, cross - breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties; "cross a horse and a donkey"; "Mendel tried crossbreeding"; "these species do not interbreed"

backcross

[bak´cros″] in experimental genetics, union between a heterozygote of the first generation and one of its parents or an organism genetically identical to one of its parents.double backcross the mating between a double heterozygote and a homozygote.

back·cross

(bak'kros), 1. The mating between an animal that is homozygous at a locus of interest and an animal that is heterozygous, commonly from the same ancestral stock. 2. Synonym(s): testcross

backcross

(băk′krôs′, -krŏs′)tr.v. back·crossed, back·crossing, back·crosses To cross (a hybrid) with one of its parents or with an individual genetically identical to one of its parents.n.1. The act of making such a cross.2. An individual resulting from such a cross.

back·cross

(bak'kraws) Mating of an individual heterozygous at one or more loci to an individual homozygous at the same loci.

Fig. 59 Backcross . Results from different parental types.

backcross

a genetical term describing a mating between a HYBRID organism and one of the original parental types. The results of a backcross depend upon the parental type.

A backcross to the recessive parental is diagnostic (since it reveals the genotype of the hybrid) and is called a TESTCROSS.

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verb mate a hybrid of the first generation with one of its parents

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