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NAL Agricultural Thesaurus
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Concept Breadcrumbs

Research, Technology, Methods > breeding > breeding methods > crossing > testcrosses
Fields of Study > physiology > reproduction > sexual reproduction > breeding > breeding methods > crossing > testcrosses
Preferred Term:

cruzamiento de prueba

Definition:
Cruza entre un organismo que exhibe el fenotipo dominante de un caracter determinado, pero cuyo genotipo para ese rasgo es desconocido, y un organismo homocigótico recesivo para el rasgo, de manera que el genotipo desconocido se pueda determinar a partir de la descendencia.
Concept Schemes:
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt
Términos Genéricos:
cruce
URI:
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/30222
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RDF/XMLCreated 2006-01-19, last modified 2012-11-30