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intercross en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥tér Proto-Italic *n̥ter Latin inter Latin inter-bor. English inter- English cross English intercross From inter- + cross.

Meanings

1. The act or product of intercrossing
   • Intercrosses are particularly useful with recessive mutations maintained in a small colony. 2000, Xavier Montagutelli, “Determining the Genetic Basis of a New Trait”, in Sundberg & Boggess, editors, Systematic Approach to Evaluation of Mouse Mutations, →ISBN, page 20:

Forms

Relateds

backcross · outcross

Translations (1)

bg хибрид (The act or product of intercrossing)

intercross en · VERB

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥tér Proto-Italic *n̥ter Latin inter Latin inter-bor. English inter- English cross English intercross From inter- + cross.

Meanings

1. To cross back over one another
   • From this trunk, like a tower, rose an enormous tenfold ramification, the branches of which crossed and intercrossed, and forked and developed, […] 1895, Jules Verne, Captain Antifer, page 134:
2. To breed two strains having a common ancestry with one another
   • A species varies occasionally in two directions, but owing to their free intercrossing they (the variations) never increase. 1916, Alfred Russel Wallace, Letters and Reminiscences, Vol. 1:

Forms

Translations (2)

bg пресичам се (To cross back over one another) · bg кръстосвам ((biology, genetics) to breed)