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Differentiate between:- test cross and back cross


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  1. Test cross is an experimental cross of an individual organism of dominant phenotype but unknown genotype and a organism with a homozygous recessive genotype( and phenotype).
  2. Back cross is he mating of an hybrid organism with one of its parents or with organism genetically similar to the parent.
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  1. In test cross, F1 generation is crossed with a recessive parent only.
  1. In the back cross ,F1 generation can be crossed with either dominant or recessive parent.
2.All the test crosses are considered as the backcrosses. 2. A back cross can be said as a test cross if the parent is recessive.

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