| Pronunciation: | | 'bak`kros
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| | Definition: | | [v] mate a hybrid of the first generation with one of its parents |
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| | See Also: | | mate |
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| | Definition: | | A population created by crossing an individual back to one of its parents. This mating design enables the comparison of the effect of the alleles contributed by one parent against the genetic background of the recurrent parent. |
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- Crossing an organism with one of its parent organisms.
- A cross between an animal that is heterozygous for alleles obtained from two parental strains and a second animal from one of those parental strains. Also used to describe the breeding protocol of an outcross followed by a backcross.
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