Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

test-cross

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.78 in modern English

Syllables: test-cross
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

n

a cross between an organism whose genotype for a certain trait is unknown and an organism that is homozygous recessive for that trait so the unknown genotype can be determined from that of the offspring

Synonyms

testcross

Questions

What does test-cross mean?: a cross between an organism whose genotype for a certain trait is unknown and an organism that is homozygous recessive for that trait so the unknown genotype can be determined from that of the offspring

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