TESTCROSS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does testcross mean? 

• TESTCROSS (noun)
  The noun TESTCROSS 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: TESTCROSS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TESTCROSS (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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

test-cross; testcross

Hypernyms ("testcross" 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)