dihybrid

American  

[dahy-hahy-brid] / daɪˈhaɪ brɪd /

noun

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

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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

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Other Word Forms

• dihybridism noun

Etymology

Origin of dihybrid

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

Example Sentences

Recall the phenotypic inheritance pattern for Mendel’s dihybrid cross, which considered two non-interacting genes—9:3:3:1.

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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.

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

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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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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.