introgress
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin introgredior (“to step in, enter”).
Verb
editintrogress (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
editSee also
edit- Introgression on Wikipedia.Wikipedia