noncrossover

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adjective

Not involving crossover.

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Meanings

adjectivenoncrossover (not comparable)
  1. not comparablebiologyNot involving crossover.

    The 10 brown offspring constitute only one-half of the offspring produced by noncrossover maternal gametes. Therefore, we estimate that 10 of the white individuals were also produced by noncrossover maternal gametes.

    2002, Susan L. Elrod, William D. Stansfield, Schaum's outline of theory and problems of genetics
nounnoncrossover (plural noncrossovers)

plural noncrossovers

  1. biologyThat which is not a crossover.

Origin

From non- + crossover.

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APA

noncrossover. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/noncrossover

MLA

“noncrossover.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/noncrossover. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “noncrossover,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/noncrossover.

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