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testcrosses

testcrosses is the plural of testcross.

testcrosses is the third-person singular simple present indicative of testcross.

Meaning of testcross

Noun

testcross (plural testcrosses)

  1. The breeding of an individual with a phenotypically recessive individual, in order to determine the zygosity of the former by analysing proportions of offspring phenotypes.
    • The inbreds of groups 3 and 4 have a distinct difference in plant height, except for a few selections, presumably because of some difference in selection pressure at low- and high-stand densities. Group means for testcross performance showed more progress in group 4 than in group 3 because of a...1967, W. A. Russell, A. H. Teich, Selection in Zea Mays L. by Inbred Line Appearance and Testcross Performance in Low and High Plant Densities

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Questions about testcrosses

What is testcrosses the plural of?
Testcrosses is the plural of testcross.

Words near testcrosses in the dictionary

  1. testcards
  2. testcase
  3. testcases
  4. testcross
  5. testcrossed
  6. testcrosses
  7. testcrossing
  8. teste
  9. testectomies
  10. testectomy
  11. tested

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