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🔁 To cross again 🧬 To mate again
to recross

to recross

8.6
To mate a young animal or plant again with one parent to keep a trait
  • verb
  • /ˌriːˈkrɔs/
  • Specialized
translation icon : recruzar
  • After the initial experiment, the team planned to recross the plants to observe any genetic changes.

Examples

  • The scientist decided to recross the offspring with the original parent to confirm the inheritance pattern.

  • To strengthen the desired trait, breeders often recross hybrids with a specific strain.

  • They plan to recross the genetic lines this year.

  • The scientists recrossed the plants to enhance their yield.

  • To enhance the plant's resistance to disease, the researcher decided to recross the new strain with its original parent.

  • The scientist aimed to recross the mice to study the effects of genetic traits on their offspring.

  • Breeders often recross the hybrids with purebreds to stabilize desirable features in the next generation.

Synonyms

to backcross
vsto recross
  • Specialized
9.9

To breed a hybrid plant or animal with one parent so the offspring have a wanted trait

is mating the offspring again with a parent to test or reinforce traits
to rebreed
vsto recross
6.6

Make animals or plants have young again after an earlier attempt

is the specific practice of mating an offspring with a parent to reinforce traits

Antonyms

outcross
  • Specialized
8.2

A mating of animals or plants from different genetic lines, including the young it produces

How Often

to inbreed
  • Specialized
1 7.7
to backcross
  • Specialized
9.9
to recross
  • Specialized
8.6
cross
  • Specialized
105 5.9

Surface Forms

recross infinitive
recrossed past
recrossed past participle
recrossing present participle
recrosses third person singular

Morphology

recross = cross (semi-transparent) = re + cross

Morphologically clear as 're-' + 'cross', but the specialized genetic sense ('to mate again' or 'to back-cross') may not be inferable to general learners without domain knowledge.

Etymology

The word recross comes from re- 'again' and cross 'to mate', as in crossbreed. So to recross in breeding is to mate the young again with a parent or chosen line to check or strengthen a trait.