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backcross
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backcross [′bak‚krȯs]
(genetics)
A cross between an F1heterozygote and an individual of P1genotype.


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It takes time to backcross a particular germplasm with a technology, so we've started backcrossing while we're testing new varieties.
Using an elaborate computer simulation of the way genes can spread between and within populations, the team concluded that backcrossing is probably very rare.
Using a technique known as backcrossing, McIntire and her colleagues generated mice that were genetically identical to the susceptible mice, other than for small segments of DNA from the resistant group.
 
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