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Parental generation

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noun

(genetics) The first set of parents crossed in which their genotype is the basis for predicting the genotype of their offspring, which in turn, may be crossed (filial generation).


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In parental generation, two individuals are mated or crossed to determine or predict the genotypes of their offspring, called first filial generation (or f1 generation).


Variant: p-generation.
Compare: filial generation.


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