• Backcrossing is a crossing of a hybrid with one of its parents or an individual genetically similar to its parent, to achieve offspring with a genetic...
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  • the effects of dispersion (such as line breeding, pure-line breeding, backcrossing). It can be shown that dispersion-assisted selection leads to the greatest...
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    Dalmatian-Pointer Backcross Project, which aims to reintroduce the normal uric acid transporter gene into the Dalmatian breed. The backcross used a single...
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    material from one species into the gene pool of another by the repeated backcrossing of an interspecific hybrid with one of its parent species. Introgression...
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  • Netherlands Baghdad College, a high school in Baghdad, Iraq British Council Backcrossing, a crossing of a hybrid with one of its parents, or a genetically similar...
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    mandarin × grapefruit, probable (wild seedling) Grapefruit is a pomelo backcross: pomelo × sweet orange (see above) Forbidden fruit: another Caribbean...
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    crossbreeding with the moderately blight-resistant Chinese chestnut, then backcrossing with the American chestnut, with the goal of retaining most of its genes...
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    The relationship patterns include sib crossing, cousin crossing and backcrossing—and are considered in a separate section. Self fertilization may be considered...
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    caryophylli. However, the flower is less attractive and so more breeding and backcrossing is needed to improve the flower. Carnation cultivars with no fragrance...
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    globally. Others are, like their parent, classed within C. aurantiifolia. Backcrossing with citron has produced a distinct group of triploid limes that are...
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