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hybridizing vs test-cross

test-cross vs hybridizing

hybridizing and test-cross both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
hybridizing Yes No No No
test-cross Yes No No No
As nouns, test-cross is a hyponym of hybridizing; that is, test-cross is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than hybridizing:
  • hybridizing: (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 hybridizing include dihybrid cross, monohybrid cross, reciprocal, reciprocal cross, testcross.
hybridizing (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 hybridizing and test-cross

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