Practice mode Plant Breeding and Genetics

Which method is most effective for transferring oligogenic characters?

Correct answer A. Backcross

Explanation

Backcrossing repeatedly crosses the hybrid to the recurrent parent, transferring one or a few major genes while recovering the rest of the elite genome.

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