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- noun Plural form of
back-cross .
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Examples
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By "derived from" I mean not only the _first_ generation from a species cross, but all subsequent generations and back-crosses with the original parents or with members of the first or later generations.
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This has especially been encountered in Japanese × American hybrids and back-crosses.
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