backcrossing

As nouns the difference between terms and backcrossing

is that terms is while backcrossing is (genetics) the crossing of a hybrid with one of its parents or an individual genetically similar to its parent.

As nouns the difference between parent and backcrossing

is that parent is one of the two persons from whom one is immediately biologically descended; a mother or father while backcrossing is (genetics) the crossing of a hybrid with one of its parents or an individual genetically similar to its parent.

As a verb parent

is to act as parent, to raise or rear.

As nouns the difference between hybrid and backcrossing

is that hybrid is (biology) offspring resulting from cross-breeding different entities, eg two different species or two purebred parent strains while backcrossing is (genetics) the crossing of a hybrid with one of its parents or an individual genetically similar to its parent.

As an adjective hybrid

is consisting of diverse 'hybridized' components.

As nouns the difference between crossing and backcrossing

is that crossing is an intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross while backcrossing is (genetics) the crossing of a hybrid with one of its parents or an individual genetically similar to its parent.

As an adjective crossing

is (rare) extending or lying across; in a crosswise direction.

As a verb crossing

is .

As a noun backcrossing

is (genetics) the crossing of a hybrid with one of its parents or an individual genetically similar to its parent.

As a verb introgress is

(biology|genetics) to infiltrate the genes of one species into the gene pool of another through repeated backcrossing of an interspecific hybrid.