Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To cross (a hybrid) with one of its parents or with an individual genetically identical to one of its parents.
- noun The act of making such a cross.
- noun An individual resulting from such a cross.
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- verb genetics To
cross ahybrid with one of itsparents - noun The act of such a crossing
- noun An individual produced by such a crossing
- noun juggling Alternative form of
back cross .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb mate a hybrid of the first generation with one of its parents
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Examples
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Moreover, testicular histology of F1 and backcross males showed in some cases a breakdown in spermatogenesis.
The Rise of Human Chromosome 2: Beyond the Deme - The Panda's Thumb 2009
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Genome-wide and additional fine mapping of backcross mice, derived from C3H
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"Inheritance of oilseed rape (Brassica napus) RAPD markers in a backcross progeny with Brassica camestris."
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RPS15, while the backcross with the NHP2+, rps15-1 strain yielded a viable diploid strain.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Clément Bellemer et al. 2010
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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.
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MAT locus as evidenced by analyzing tetrads obtained from the initial backcross to rps15-1 (data not shown).
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Clément Bellemer et al. 2010
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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.
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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.
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Our study demonstrates use of in silico analysis in candidate gene identification as a way of reducing large-scale backcross breeding programmes.
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All selected polymorphisms were verified by re-sequencing DNA taken from the mice used in the backcross.
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