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Definition of Intercross
1. v. t. & i. To cross each other, as lines.
2. n. The process or result of cross fertilization between different kinds of animals, or different varieties of plants.
Definition of Intercross
1. Verb. To cross back over one another ¹
2. Verb. (biology genetics) To breed two strains having a common ancestry with one another ¹
3. Noun. (biology genetics) The act or product of intercrossing ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Intercross
1. [v -ED, -ING, -ES]
Medical Definition of Intercross
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The process or result of cross fertilization between different kinds of animals, or different varieties of plants. "We have reason to believe that occasional intercrosses take place with all animals and plants." (Darwin)
1. To cross each other, as lines.
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Intercross
Literary usage of Intercross
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin (1909)
"But if, in fact, all hermaphrodites do occasionally intercross, the difference
between them and unisexual species is, as far as function is concerned, ..."
2. Statistical Inference from Genetic Data on Pedigrees by Elizabeth A. Thompson (2000)
"We see that each intercross offspring contains more information than a backcross
offspring, also as expected. However, note that there is not twice as much ..."
3. The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot (1909)
"But if, in fact, all hermaphrodites do occasionally intercross, the difference
between them and unisexual species is, as far as function is concerned, ..."
4. The Journal of Physiology by Physiological Society (Great Britain). (1880)
"The two sots of fibres intercross, which evidently implies that thoro are two
sets of fibres, the direction of one set forming an angle with that of the ..."
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