intercross

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   biology and genetics: to breed individuals from two strains or populations

   US /ˌɪntɚˈkrɔs/ UK /ˌɪntəˈkrɒs/

   Researchers intercross the two mouse strains to study inherited traits.

2. 2
   verb

   to cross or intersect repeatedly with one another

   US /ˌɪntɚˈkrɔs/ UK /ˌɪntəˈkrɒs/

   The paths intercross near the summit before separating again.

3. 3
   noun

   biology and genetics: an act of crossbreeding or the offspring produced by it

   US /ˈɪntɚˌkrɔs/ UK /ˈɪntəˌkrɒs/

   An intercross between the two lines produced fertile offspring.

Formed in English from inter-, 'between or among,' and cross. The physical sense describes lines crossing one another; the biological sense applies cross to mating between strains or populations.

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