RECIPROCAL CROSS
Dictionary entry overview: What does reciprocal cross mean? • RECIPROCAL CROSS (noun)
The noun RECIPROCAL CROSS has 1 sense:
1. hybridization involving a pair of crosses that reverse the sexes associated with each genotype
Familiarity information: RECIPROCAL CROSS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• RECIPROCAL CROSS (noun)
Meaning:
Hybridization involving a pair of crosses that reverse the sexes associated with each genotype
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
reciprocal cross; reciprocal
Hypernyms ("reciprocal 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)
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