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Testcross

nounid 145106·updated May 18, 2026
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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

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Variants

synonym
test-crosstestcross
alternatephrasing
Test-Cross
plural
Testcrosses
possessive
Testcross's
pluralpossessive
Testcrosses'

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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

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