MONOHYBRID - Definition & Meaning for Kids

Simple definitions and word synonyms for kids.

Meaning 1

Part of speech: Noun

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)

Categories: Hybrid, Crossbreed, Cross

Synonyms

Monohybrid

🔗 Related Words

mono – A related word in the same word family.

hybrid – A related word in the same word family.

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