introgress
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English
Etymology
From Latin introgredior (“to step in, enter”).
Verb
introgress (third-person singular simple present introgresses, present participle introgressing, simple past and past participle introgressed)
- (biology, genetics) To infiltrate the genes of one species into the gene pool of another through repeated backcrossing of an interspecific hybrid.
Derived terms
See also
Introgression on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
