Reciprocal cross

reciprocal cross
where A and B represent different genotypes, a cross involving A males xB females, and B males and xA females
Source: Jenkins, John B. 1990. Human Genetics, 2nd Edition. New York: Harper & Row ...
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Reciprocal cross
Using male and female gametes for two different traits, alternating the source of gametes.
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Reciprocal crosses
Pairs of genetic crosses which in one case DNA from strain #1 is transferred into strain #2 and in the second case the strain #2 is used as a donor to transfer the same region into strain #1. For example ...
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In the reciprocal cross, all of the F1 offspring are heterozygotes but have the mutant phenotype (Fig. 3). Although the F1 offspring are genotypically identical in the reciprocal crosses, they are phenotypically different.
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But to do this right we should really do reciprocal crosses (i.e. cross a male from population A with a female from population B and a male from population B with a female from population A).
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Holliday intermediate An intermediate in genetic recombination in which two double-stranded DNA molecules are joined by virtue of a reciprocal crossover involving one strand of each molecule.
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Traits remained unchanged when passed to offspring: they did not blend in any offspring but behaved as separate units.
Reciprocal crosses showed each parent made an equal contribution to the offspring.
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