1. Organisms or individuals that have undergone introgression, the transfer of genetic material from one species into the gene pool of another through hybridization and backcrossing.
Usage: technical; biology; plural form

Examples

• The introgressants showed a mixture of traits from both parent species.
• Researchers studied the introgressants to understand how genetic material moved between populations.
• These introgressants carried alleles from the wild species into the domesticated population.
• The introgressants demonstrated increased genetic diversity compared to pure-breeding lines.
• Conservation biologists monitored the introgressants to assess the effects of hybridization.