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testcross vs interbreeding

interbreeding vs testcross

testcross and interbreeding both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
testcross Yes No No No
interbreeding Yes No No No
As nouns, interbreeding is a hypernym of testcross; that is, interbreeding is a word with a broader meaning than testcross:
  • 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
  • interbreeding: (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids
Other hypernyms of testcross include cross, crossbreeding, crossing, hybridisation, hybridization, hybridizing.
testcross (noun) interbreeding (noun)
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 (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids
reproduction by parents of different races (especially by white and non-white persons)
Difference between testcross and interbreeding

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