testcross

名词 n. 动词 v.

英文释义

名词 n.
  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 difference in the number of low-yielding genotypes in the two groups.
动词 v.
  1. To breed an individual in this manner.

词形变化

testcrosses plural test cross alternative testcrosses present,singular,third-person testcrossing participle,present testcrossed participle,past testcrossed past test cross alternative

词源

词源 1
From test + cross.
词源 2
From test + cross.
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