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dihybrid

American  
[dahy-hahy-brid] / daɪˈhaɪ brɪd /

noun

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


adjective

  1. of or relating to such an offspring.

dihybrid British  
/ 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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of dihybrid

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

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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.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

Because of independent assortment and dominance, the 9:3:3:1 dihybrid phenotypic ratio can be collapsed into two 3:1 ratios, characteristic of any monohybrid cross that follows a dominant and recessive pattern.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

The independent assortment of genes can be illustrated by the dihybrid cross, a cross between two true-breeding parents that express different traits for two characteristics.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

Question: What will be the offspring of a dihybrid cross?

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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