RECIPROCAL CROSS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does reciprocal cross mean? 

• RECIPROCAL CROSS (noun)
  The noun RECIPROCAL CROSS has 1 sense:

1. hybridization involving a pair of crosses that reverse the sexes associated with each genotype

  Familiarity information: RECIPROCAL CROSS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RECIPROCAL CROSS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Hybridization involving a pair of crosses that reverse the sexes associated with each genotype

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

reciprocal; reciprocal cross

Hypernyms ("reciprocal cross" is a kind of...):

cross; crossbreeding; crossing; hybridisation; hybridization; hybridizing; interbreeding ((genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids)