Q. Mating of an organism to a double recessive in order to determine whether it is homozygous or heterozygous for a character under consideration, is called

A) Reciprocal cross
B) Test cross
C) Dihybrid cross
D) Back cross
Explanation

Test cross is the cross of an individual with its homolozygous recessive parent. In other words, we can say that it is a specialized back cross of $F_{1}$-hybrid with it’s homozygous recessive parents in order to determine whether it is homozygous or heterozygous for a character.

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