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dihybrid
[ dahy-hahy-brid ]
noun
- the offspring of parents differing in two specific pairs of genes.
adjective
- of or relating to such an offspring.
dihybrid
/ daɪˈhaɪbrɪd /
noun
- 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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Derived Forms
- diˈhybridism, noun
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Other Words From
- di·hybrid·ism noun
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Example Sentences
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.
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Such Cases Easily Mistaken for True Blends.—If we should tabulate the possible combinations as we did the dihybrid we should see that we would get individuals having varying numbers of red determiners.
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