dihybrid

American

[dahy-hahy-brid] / daɪˈhaɪ brɪd /

noun

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

adjective

of or relating to such an offspring.

dihybrid British

/ daɪˈhaɪbrɪd /

noun

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

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Other Word Forms

dihybridism noun

Etymology

Origin of dihybrid

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

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A dihybrid cross demonstrates independent assortment when the genes in question are on different chromosomes or distant from each other on the same chromosome.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

To exemplify this, imagine a dihybrid cross involving flower color and plant height in which the genes are next to each other on the chromosome.

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This law can be demonstrated in a dihybrid cross involving two different traits located on different chromosomes.

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Figure 12.19 This figure shows all possible combinations of offspring resulting from a dihybrid cross of pea plants that are heterozygous for the tall/dwarf and inflated/constricted alleles.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

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 Being Well-Born An Introduction to Eugenics by Guyer, Michael F.

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