CrossbreedWordNet Explorer
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(genetics) an organism that is the offspring of genetically dissimilar parents or stock; especially offspring produced by breeding plants or animals of different varieties or breeds or species
a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently
the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms
a hybrid produced by parents that differ only at two gene loci that have two alleles each
a hybrid produced by crossing parents that are homozygous except for a single gene locus that has two alleles (as in Mendel's experiments with garden peas)
breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties
cause to procreate (animals)
mate a hybrid of the first generation with one of its parents