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Testcross

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Noun

1. test-cross, testcross

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

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Testcross

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noun
1. 
a genetic test for ascertaining whether an individual is homozygous or heterozygous
verb (transitive)
2. 
to subject to a testcross

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Testcross

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n.
A cross between an individual exhibiting the dominant phenotype of a trait and an individual that is homozygous recessive for that trait in order to determine the genotype of the dominant individual.
tr.v. test·crossed, test·cross·ing, test·cross·es
To subject to a testcross.

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