crossing
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- noun
- /ˈkrɔsɪŋ/
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- If you have iceberg lettuce, using classic plant-breeding techniques (crossing, back-crossing), the assumption is that the resulting lettuce is safe.
- midline crossing
- boundary crossing
- crossing movement
Examples
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Heterosis, or hybrid vigor... may be an important factor in these latter traits... and the crossing of genetic unlikes... produces heterosis for best crossbreeding.
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Science fiction, too, employs hybrids—offspring from the crossing of two different species.
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An unexpected benefit from the genetic crossing.
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In the early 1900s, during the Victorian fern craze in England (Allen 1969), Andersson-Kott (1929) conducted crossing studies.
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The researchers focused on the genetic crossing of different plant species to create more resilient hybrids.
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Through careful genetic crossing, they developed a variety of corn that could resist pests better than its parents.
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The genetic crossing of the two dog breeds resulted in puppies with desirable traits from both parents.
Synonyms
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An offspring of two different breeds or varieties
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3.1
The process of producing new animals or plants by choosing which ones mate
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Animals or plants from different groups produce mixed young
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Breeding two different plants or animals to make offspring with mixed traits
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Mixing different kinds of animals or plants to make young with chosen traits
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Crossing different plants or animals to make new kinds
A process of making something new by joining two different species or languages
A process in which different breeds or groups mate to make hybrid young
Breeding animals or plants from different groups to increase gene variety
A mating of animals or plants from different genetic lines, including the young it produces
Antonyms
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Has parents and grandparents from the same family line without mixing with other animals
Idioms
Compounds
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A place where a road crosses train tracks at the same level with gates or signals
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A place on the road with wide white stripes where people walking can cross and cars must stop
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An exchange of genes between matching chromosomes during cell division that makes sperm and egg cells
A place where a road and train tracks cross at the same level with barriers that close for trains
How Related
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6.9
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7.2
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Crossing comes from cross, used in crossbreed, meaning 'to mix' two kinds, so in genetics a crossing is the act of breeding different plants or animals to make a new hybrid.