MONOHYBRID CROSS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does monohybrid cross mean? 

• MONOHYBRID CROSS (noun)
  The noun MONOHYBRID CROSS has 1 sense:

1. hybridization using a single trait with two alleles (as in Mendel's experiments with garden peas)

  Familiarity information: MONOHYBRID CROSS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MONOHYBRID CROSS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Hybridization using a single trait with two alleles (as in Mendel's experiments with garden peas)

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Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("monohybrid cross" is a kind of...):

cross; crossbreeding; crossing; hybridisation; hybridization; hybridizing; interbreeding ((genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids)