"backcrossing" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: backcrossings [plural]
Etymology: back + crossing Etymology templates: {{af|en|back|crossing}} back + crossing Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} backcrossing (countable and uncountable, plural backcrossings)
  1. (genetics) The crossing of a hybrid with one of its parents or an individual genetically similar to its parent. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Genetics
    Sense id: en-backcrossing-en-noun-qrDjgeYV Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: back-crossing

Verb [English]

Etymology: back + crossing Etymology templates: {{af|en|back|crossing}} back + crossing Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} backcrossing
  1. present participle and gerund of backcross Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: backcross
    Sense id: en-backcrossing-en-verb-HgTLAxoD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 81
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: back-crossing

Inflected forms

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