noun
- An organism produced by crossing parents that differ in more than two genes or traits.
Usage: genetics; biology
adjective
- Relating to or denoting an organism or cross involving more than two differing genes or traits.
Usage: genetics; biology
Examples
- The polybrid offspring showed variation in multiple characteristics inherited from both parents.
- Geneticists studied the polybrid cross to understand how multiple traits are inherited together.
- A polybrid organism results from the combination of alleles at three or more gene loci.
- The experiment involved creating polybrid plants to observe segregation patterns across several traits.