1. monohybrid

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).

Rhymes with Monohybrid Cross

• criss-cross
• vandross
• hot-cross
• chandross
• recross
• lacrosse
• la-crosse
• lacross
• exhausts
• emboss
• chavous
• across
• stauss
• sloss
• schloss
• pross
• ploss
• kross
• krausse
• krause
• kloss
• gloss
• fross
• dross
• closs
• clauss
• bross
• bloss
• amoss
• zoss

Sentences with monohybrid-cross

1. Noun Phrase
In a simple or monohybrid cross to evaluate one trait, there are four possible outcomes.

2. Noun Phrase
A monohybrid cross would thus include a mating between a Gg mother and a Gg father.

3. Noun Phrase
For example, a monohybrid cross is the calculation of the probability of a single trait appearing in offspring.

4. Noun Phrase
Mendel now used his pea plants to assess the results of dihybrid crosses rather than monohybrid crosses.

2. cross

verb. ['ˈkrɔs'] travel across or pass over.

3. cross

verb. ['ˈkrɔs'] meet at a point.

4. cross

adjective. ['ˈkrɔs'] extending or lying across; in a crosswise direction; at right angles to the long axis.

5. cross

noun. ['ˈkrɔs'] a wooden structure consisting of an upright post with a transverse piece.

6. cross

verb. ['ˈkrɔs'] hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of.

7. cross

noun. ['ˈkrɔs'] a marking that consists of lines that cross each other.

8. cross

verb. ['ˈkrɔs'] fold so as to resemble a cross.

9. cross

adjective. ['ˈkrɔs'] annoyed and irritable.

10. Cross

noun. a representation of the structure on which Jesus was crucified; used as an emblem of Christianity or in heraldry.