What Is Test Cross and Backcross?

Breeding of the dominant phenotype with the homozygous recessive phenotype (parent) is known as a test cross. The breeding of F1 generation with one of its parent plants is known as a back cross. ... A backcross can be said as a test cross if the parent is recessive.

What do you mean by test cross?

Test cross is a cross between an organism with unknown genotype and a recessive parent. It is used to determine whether an individual is homozygous or heterozygous for a trait. Example: ... A testcross will determine the organism's genotype.

Are backcross and test cross the same?

The main difference between test cross and the backcross is that test cross is used to discriminate the genotype of an individual which is phenotypically dominant whereas a backcross is used to recover an elite genotype from a parent which bears an elite genotype.

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