TEST-CROSS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does test-cross mean? 

• TEST-CROSS (noun)
  The noun TEST-CROSS has 1 sense:

1. a cross between an organism whose genotype for a certain trait is unknown and an organism that is homozygous recessive for that trait so the unknown genotype can be determined from that of the offspring

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• TEST-CROSS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A cross between an organism whose genotype for a certain trait is unknown and an organism that is homozygous recessive for that trait so the unknown genotype can be determined from that of the offspring

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Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

test-cross; testcross

Hypernyms ("test-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)