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hybridisation vs test-cross

test-cross vs hybridisation

hybridisation and test-cross both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
hybridisation Yes No No No
test-cross Yes No No No
As nouns, test-cross is a hyponym of hybridisation; that is, test-cross is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than hybridisation:
  • hybridisation: (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids
  • test-cross: a cross between an organism whose genotype for a certain trait is unknown and an organism that is homozygous recessive for that trait so the unknown genotype can be determined from that of the offspring
Other hyponyms of hybridisation include dihybrid cross, monohybrid cross, reciprocal, reciprocal cross, testcross.
hybridisation (noun) test-cross (noun)
(genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids a cross between an organism whose genotype for a certain trait is unknown and an organism that is homozygous recessive for that trait so the unknown genotype can be determined from that of the offspring
Difference between hybridisation and test-cross

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