dihybrid

[dahy-hahy-brid]

noun

1. the offspring of parents differing in two specific pairs of genes.

adjective

1. of or relating to such an offspring.

dihybrid

/ daɪˈhaɪbrɪd /

noun

1. genetics the offspring of two individuals that differ with respect to two pairs of genes; an individual heterozygous for two pairs of genes

Other Word Forms

• dihybridism noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of dihybrid¹

First recorded in 1905–10; di- ¹ + hybrid

Example Sentences

In such a case then Nilsson-Ehle discovered that he was dealing merely with a Mendelian dihybrid where two different determiners B and B′ and their respective absences b and b′ are involved.

From Project Gutenberg

Such Cases Easily Mistaken for True Blends.—If we should tabulate the possible combinations as we did the dihybrid we should see that we would get individuals having varying numbers of red determiners.

From Project Gutenberg