incrosses

/ˈɪnkrɔsɪz/
noun
  1. Plural of incross: multiple instances of breeding closely related individuals.
    • The farmer recorded all incrosses in his breeding log.
    • The lab conducted several incrosses to track the inheritance of the gene.
    • Different incrosses produced varying results in the offspring.
verb
  1. Third person singular present of incross: mates closely related individuals.
    • She incrosses the tomato plants every spring to maintain the variety.
    • The geneticist incrosses the fruit flies to study eye color.
    • The breeder incrosses the rabbits to preserve the albino trait.