A pair of crosses between a male of one strain and a female of another, and vice versa.
〔遗传〕正反交，互交
Example sentencesExamples
In order to investigate how the maternal genotype controls seed development and mature seed size, reciprocal crosses between four varieties of pea having different seed sizes were used.
They are much more prevalent in the progeny of crosses between wild-type males and laboratory females than in the progeny of the reciprocal cross.
Each mapping experiment was initiated by a reciprocal cross between parental inbred lines.
A simple way to detect genetic maternal effects consists of conducing reciprocal crosses between strains that have been kept in the same environment for several generations.
Males from both reciprocal crosses do not express the lethal phenotype, indicating that the effect is not associated with the X chromosome.
The reciprocal cross produces only hybrid males, with females dying as embryos.
Definition of reciprocal cross in US English:
reciprocal cross
noun
Genetics
A pair of crosses between a male of one strain and a female of another, and vice versa.
〔遗传〕正反交，互交
Example sentencesExamples
The reciprocal cross produces only hybrid males, with females dying as embryos.
A simple way to detect genetic maternal effects consists of conducing reciprocal crosses between strains that have been kept in the same environment for several generations.
Males from both reciprocal crosses do not express the lethal phenotype, indicating that the effect is not associated with the X chromosome.
In order to investigate how the maternal genotype controls seed development and mature seed size, reciprocal crosses between four varieties of pea having different seed sizes were used.
Each mapping experiment was initiated by a reciprocal cross between parental inbred lines.
They are much more prevalent in the progeny of crosses between wild-type males and laboratory females than in the progeny of the reciprocal cross.