noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A hybrid between two species that only have a difference of one gene.
2. 2
   a hybrid produced by crossing parents that are homozygous except for a single gene locus that has two alleles (as in Mendel's experiments with garden peas) wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

heterozygotemonogenicmonogenic traitmonohybrid individualmonohybrid offspringone-trait cross

Antonyms

All antonyms

dihybrid crosshomozygotemultigenic traitmultilocus

Etymology

From mono- + hybrid.