Definition of Reciprocal cross

1. Noun. Hybridization involving a pair of crosses that reverse the sexes associated with each genotype.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Reciprocal Cross

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recipience
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recipient role
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reciprocal-inhibition therapy
reciprocal altruism
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reciprocal anchorage
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reciprocal bigeminy
reciprocal cross (current term)
reciprocal forces
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reciprocal pronoun
reciprocal pronouns
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reciprocal treanslocation
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Literary usage of Reciprocal cross

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Physical Basis of Heredity by Thomas Hunt Morgan (1919)
"The other sex-chromosome, the J, has no dominating influence. Fio. 72.—The Fi results from the reciprocal cross of that shown in Fig. 71. ..."

2. Indexing, a Handbook of Instruction by George Edward Brown (1921)
"If it is judged that they can be left where they are, there must then be a pair of " reciprocal " cross-references pointing from each group to the other. ..."

3. Botanical Abstracts by Board of Control of Botanical Abstracts (1921)
"When E. parviflorum was used as female parent the hybrid was quite sterile, no good pollen being produced, while the reciprocal cross produced about 50 per ..."

4. The Law of Heredity: A Study of the Cause of Variation, and the Origin of by William Keith Brooks (1883)
"A reciprocal cross is a double cross between two species or varieties, ... Thus a reciprocal cross between a horse and an ass is a double cross, ..."

5. The Law of Heredity: A Study of the Cause of Variation, and the Origin of by William Keith Brooks (1883)
"A reciprocal cross is a double cross between two species or varieties, ... Thus a reciprocal cross between a horse and an ass is a double cross, ..."

6. Biological Bulletin by Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass.) (1912)
"The reciprocal cross gave : Pi 'F, Winged <f _ Winged 9 F, 'Winged 9, ... The reciprocal cross gave in FÍ 1213 long-winged flies and 273 Wingless or a ratio ..."

7. A Natural History of the British Lepidoptera: A Text-book for Students and by James William Tutt (1906)
"In this, the reciprocal cross of the last, the imagines also varied between the ... This (or the reciprocal) cross was first bred by Adkin in 1889,* the ..."

8. The Journal of Heredity by American Genetic Association (1916)
"2, B). Their tails are short and Reeves-like. They are also much smaller than other Reeves or principalis females. THE reciprocal cross The three K females, ..."

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