incrossing
/ˈɪnkrɔsɪŋ/
noun
- The act or process of mating closely related individuals to produce offspring with specific genetic traits.
- The textbook explained the risks and benefits of incrossing in animal breeding.
- The farmer practiced incrossing to develop a new strain of wheat.
- Incrossing can help reveal hidden genetic traits in a population.
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adjective
- Relating to or involved in the process of mating closely related individuals.
- The incrossing program aimed to produce disease-resistant plants.
- The incrossing experiment required careful record-keeping.
- They used an incrossing strategy to fix the desired trait in the herd.