English Explanatory Dictionary

backcrossing

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The crossing of a hybrid with one of its parents or an individual genetically similar to its parent.
verb
  1. present participle and gerund of backcross

Word forms

backcrossing backcrossings back-crossing

Etymology

From back + crossing.

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