TESTCROSS

Meaning of TESTCROSS in English

Pronunciation: ' tes(t)- ˌ kro ̇ s

Function: noun

Date: 1934

: a genetic cross between a homozygous recessive individual and a corresponding suspected heterozygote to determine the genotype of the latter

– testcross transitive verb

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012

TESTCROSS — noun Date: 1934 a genetic cross between a homozygous recessive individual and a corresponding suspected heterozygote to determine the genotype …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
TESTCROSS — Experiment in which an organism with unknown genetic makeup is mated with an organism whose entire genetic makeup for a …
Английский словарь Британика
TESTCROSS — I. ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: test (III) + cross : a cross between a recessive homozygote and the corresponding dominant to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TESTCROSS — /test"kraws', -kros'/ , n. a genetic test for heterozygosity in which an organism of dominant phenotype, but unknown genotype, is …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TESTCROSS — noun Date: 1934 : a genetic cross between a homozygous recessive individual and a corresponding suspected heterozygote to determine the …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TESTCROSS — [test.cross] n (1934): a genetic cross between a homozygous recessive individual and a corresponding suspected heterozygote to determine the genotype …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TESTCROSS — the mating of an organism whose genetic constitution is unknown with an organism whose entire genetic makeup for a trait …
Britannica English vocabulary
TESTCROSS — n. Experiment in which an organism with unknown genetic makeup is mated with an organism whose entire genetic makeup for …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary

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