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sin⋅gle-cross

[sing-guhl-kraws, -kros]
–noun Genetics.
a cross between two inbred lines.

Origin:
1935–40
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single cross  
n.   Genetics
The hybrid of two inbred lines. It can be represented as AB, the product of the cross A × B, where A and B represent inbred lines.
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