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noncrossover

noncrossover adjective: not involving crossover.

Adjective

noncrossover (not comparable)

  1. Not involving crossover.
    • The 10 brown offspring constitute only one-half of the offspring produced by noncrossover maternal gametes. Therefore, we estimate that 10 of the white individuals were also produced by noncrossover maternal gametes.2002, Susan L. Elrod, William D. Stansfield, Schaum's outline of theory and problems of genetics

Noun

noncrossover (plural noncrossovers)

  1. That which is not a crossover.

Forms of noncrossover

pluralnoncrossovers

Origin of noncrossover

From non- + crossover.

Questions about noncrossover

What does noncrossover mean?
Noncrossover means not involving crossover.
What part of speech is noncrossover?
Noncrossover can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near noncrossover in the dictionary

  1. noncroplands
  2. noncrops
  3. noncrossing
  4. noncrosslinked
  5. noncrossmatched
  6. noncrossover
  7. noncrossovers
  8. noncrowded
  9. noncrowdsourced
  10. noncrucial
  11. noncruciferous

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