first filial generation
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first filial generation
[¦fərst ¦fil·ē·əl jen·ə′rā·shən] (genetics)
The first generation resulting from a cross between parents homozygous for different alleles at a locus; all members are heterozygous at the locus. Symbolized F1.
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