Definitions for "Reciprocal Crosses"
Keywords:  genotype, strain, cross, mates, pair
Two crosses between two plants or strains in which the male parent of one cross is the female parent of the second cross, for example A x B and B x A.
Crosses between the same two strains, but with the sexes reversed; e.g., female A × male B and male A × female B.
A pair of crosses, in one of which a female of genotype A mates with a male of genotype B and in the other of which a female of genotype B mates with a male of genotype A.