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  • noun Plural form of backcross.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backcross.

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Examples

  • Tiger trout are infertile, so there are no successive generations of tiger trout or backcrosses to either of the parent species.

    Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002

  • Tiger trout are infertile, so there are no successive generations of tiger trout or backcrosses to either of the parent species.

    Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002

  • Tiger trout are infertile, so there are no successive generations of tiger trout or backcrosses to either of the parent species.

    Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002

  • Tiger trout are infertile, so there are no successive generations of tiger trout or backcrosses to either of the parent species.

    Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002

  • A few normal or motile spermatozoa may be found in the semen of backcrosses of the F1 hybrids to either parent, but as a rule the spermatozoa are normal and dead.

    1 Domesticated Banteng 1983

  • Specifically, 500 individuals were simulated for each parental population, as well as for all pairwise combinations of F1 hybrids, F2 hybrids, and B2 and B3 backcrosses.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Michael A. Russello et al. 2010

  • The triangle plot in Figure 2 depicts a fine-scale examination of the history of mixed ancestry in the nine captive individuals that assigned to Floreana, obtained through q-value distributions of 500 simulated genotypes each of parental, F1 hybrids, F2 hybrids, and B2 and B3 backcrosses for all pairwise comparisons between Puerto Bravo

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles 2010

  • The triangle plot in Figure 2 depicts a fine-scale examination of the history of mixed ancestry in the nine captive individuals that assigned to Floreana, obtained through q-value distributions of 500 simulated genotypes each of parental, F1 hybrids, F2 hybrids, and B2 and B3 backcrosses for all pairwise comparisons between Puerto Bravo

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Michael A. Russello et al. 2010

  • M. giganteus backcrosses existed within the sample compared with

    Naturejobs - All Jobs L E Neaves 2010

  • M. giganteus backcrosses existed within the sample compared with

    Naturejobs - All Jobs L E Neaves 2010

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