backcross
IPA: bˈækkrɔs
noun
- (genetics) The act of crossing a hybrid with one of its parents.
- (genetics) An organism produced by such a crossing.
- (juggling) Alternative form of back cross [(juggling) A throw where the object is caught and then thrown from behind the back.]
verb
- (genetics) To cross a hybrid with one of its parents.
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Examples of "backcross" in Sentences
- Use of MAS for backcross breeding.
- A backcross produced a mixed result.
- Please click here to view a FLASH animation of backcross breeding.
- Genome-wide and additional fine mapping of backcross mice, derived from C3H
- RPS15, while the backcross with the NHP2+, rps15-1 strain yielded a viable diploid strain.
- All selected polymorphisms were verified by re-sequencing DNA taken from the mice used in the backcross.
- "Inheritance of oilseed rape (Brassica napus) RAPD markers in a backcross progeny with Brassica camestris."
- MAT locus as evidenced by analyzing tetrads obtained from the initial backcross to rps15-1 (data not shown).
- Moreover, testicular histology of F1 and backcross males showed in some cases a breakdown in spermatogenesis.
- Our study demonstrates use of in silico analysis in candidate gene identification as a way of reducing large-scale backcross breeding programmes.
- At Cataloochee, researchers are using the backcross method to breed a new tree that is blight resistant but has the dominant characteristics of the original American chestnut.
- In contrast, A. collina-4x and its suspected backcross plants show homeologous gene copies: sequences from the same tetraploid individual plant are placed in both diploid clades.
- By analyzing DNA sequences of two single-copy nuclear genes and the genomic AFLP data, we assess the allopolyploid origin of A. collina-4x from ancestors corresponding to A. setacea-2x and A. asplenifolia-2x, and the ongoing backcross introgression between these diploid progenitor and tetraploid progeny lineages.