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戻し交配 (もどしこうはい) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Meanings 1
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'
backcrossing ; backcross
Technical term in genetics and breeding: crossing a hybrid organism with one of its parents or a genetically similar individual. Used as both a noun and a suru-verb.
この ハイブリッド 品ひん 種しゅ は 、 親おや 系けい 統とう に 戻もど し 交こう 配はい し て 改かい 良りょう さ れ た 。
This hybrid variety was improved by backcrossing it with the parent line.
Kanji 交 mingle, mixing, association 配 distribute, spouse, exile Similar words 交こう 配はい 交配 means 'crossing' or 'mating' in general, while 戻し交配 specifically refers to crossing a hybrid back to one of its parents.
戻もど し 交こう 雑ざつ 戻し交雑 is a synonym also used in genetics, but 戻し交配 is more common in breeding contexts.
Etymology Compound of 戻し (modoshi, 'returning', from 戻す) and 交配 (kōhai, 'crossing, mating'). The term is a direct calque of English 'backcross'.
