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Introgressive vs Introgress - What's the difference?

introgressive | introgress | Derived terms |

Introgressive is a derived term of introgress.


As an adjective introgressive

is producing introgression.

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.

introgressive

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Producing introgression

    • introgress

    English

    Verb

  • (biology, genetics) To infiltrate the genes of one species into the gene pool of another through repeated backcrossing of an interspecific hybrid

    • Derived terms

    *introgressant *introgression *introgressive

    See also

    *(Introgression)