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interbreeding vs testcross

testcross vs interbreeding

interbreeding and testcross both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
interbreeding Yes No No No
testcross Yes No No No
As nouns, testcross is a hyponym of interbreeding; that is, testcross is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than interbreeding:
  • interbreeding: (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids
  • testcross: 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 interbreeding include dihybrid cross, monohybrid cross, reciprocal, reciprocal cross, test-cross.
interbreeding (noun) testcross (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
reproduction by parents of different races (especially by white and non-white persons)
Difference between interbreeding and testcross

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