1. the mating of a hybrid offspring with one of its parents or with an organism genetically similar to a parent
Usage: genetics

1. to mate a hybrid offspring with one of its parents or with an organism genetically similar to a parent
Usage: genetics

Examples

• The researcher performed a backcross to study the inheritance pattern.
• Scientists often backcross hybrid plants to strengthen desired traits.
• The backcross revealed which genes were dominant in the offspring.
• They decided to backcross the F1 generation with the original parent strain.
• The laboratory will backcross these mice to maintain the genetic line.
• A backcross can help identify recessive alleles in the population.