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A test cross is a cross between a person with an unknown genotype and another person with a homozygous recessive genotype. A test cross determines or discloses the genotype of the original person. A test cross can assist in determining if a dominant phenotype is homozygous or heterozygous for a certain trait.

A test cross is a genetic technique discovered by Gregor Mendel that entails mating an individual with all phenotypically recessive individuals, to ascertain the zygosity of the former by evaluating the proportions of offspring phenotypes. Zygosity can be homozygous or heterozygous. Heterozygous individuals have one dominant and one recessive allele .

Individuals with homozygous dominant alleles have two dominant alleles, whereas individuals with homozygous recessive alleles have two recessive alleles. The alleles inherited from the parents define the genotype of an offspring for each of its genes.

The allele combination is the product of the maternal and paternal chromosomes provided by each gamete during the fertilisation of that offspring. During meiosis in gametes, homologous chromosomes undergo genetic recombination and randomly separate into haploid daughter cells , each with a unique combination of maternally and paternally coded genes. Dominant alleles will overpower recessive allele expression.

The genotypic ratios may be derived using mathematical probability, but the genotypic composition cannot be determined merely by looking at the phenotype of a dominant feature. It is impossible to determine whether a tall plant from F1 or F2 has TT or Tt composition.

As a result, Mendel crossed a tall plant from F2 with a dwarf plant to identify the genotype of a tall plant at F2. It is known as a test cross. Instead of self-pollination, a dominant phenotypic organism is mated with a recessive parent in a normal test cross. The offspring of such a hybrid is simply analysed to predict the genotype of the test organism.

Test Cross Example

Let’s assume that you were handed a tall pea plant with no knowledge of its parentage. Since tallness is a dominant feature in peas, your plant may be homozygous (TT) or heterozygous (Tt), but you'd have no idea. In this case, a test cross can be used to establish its genotype.

If the plant were homozygous (TT), a test cross would produce all tall progeny (TT 🡪 tt: all Tt); if the plant were heterozygous (Tt), the test cross would produce half tall progeny and half short progeny (Tt 🡪 tt: Tt and tt).

Any recessive allele in the unknown genotype is expressed in the progeny of a test cross because it is linked with a recessive allele from the homozygous recessive parent.

What is Homozygous and Heterozygous?

Mendel hypothesised that the allelic pair of genes for height in a pure breeding tall or dwarf pea variety are identical. TT and tt, Bateson and Saunders referred to this situation as “homozygous.” A hybrid is an individual who has two distinct alleles (Tt). This condition was termed heterozygous by Bateson and Saunders.

Individual phenotype, DD and Dd are tall, but dd is a dwarf. When both alleles are the same (DD or dd), the individual is called a homozygote; when the alleles are different (Dd), the words heterozygous and heterozygote are used.

Homozygous Recessive

The organism with an unknown genotype that expresses the dominant phenotype is crossed with a known homozygous recessive individual.

Cross Genetics

Monohybrid Cross

A monohybrid cross is a cross between two individuals who have homozygous genotypes for the opposing phenotype for a certain genetic characteristic. Geneticists utilise monohybrid crosses to study how homozygous children express heterozygous genes acquired from their parents.

Dihybrid Cross

A dihybrid cross is a cross between two distinct genes whose observable features differ. It is the result of a cross between two heterozygous people, for two separate features.

Two lines are crossed to produce a hybrid in a back cross. The offspring are then selected and crossed with one of the parents. Back crosses are extremely beneficial in plant breeding because they allow breeders to hybridise a high-yielding variety with another variety to introduce the desired feature, then back cross to ensure the progeny have the same desirable qualities as the high-yielding variety.

This article covers the test cross, who discovered the test cross and various examples of it. It also stated the difference between homozygous and heterozygous . We have seen a homozygous example and a heterozygous example, and understood the difference between dominant and recessive. Also, how heterozygous recessive can’t show a trait but can become the carrier.

FAQs on Test Cross

1. What is the significance of the test cross?

The significance of the test cross:

Very important in identifying an organism's genetic composition.

Simpler and faster way of obtaining desirable characteristics in homozygous individuals.

Used to establish linkage relationships between genes.

Extremely beneficial to breeders and geneticists.

It aids in determining an organism's genetic make-up.

2. Explain the differences between monohybrid and dihybrid crosses.

A monohybrid cross occurs when two individuals have homozygous genotypes for the opposite phenotype for a certain genetic trait. A dihybrid cross is a cross between two distinct genes whose observable features differ. It is the result of a cross between two people who are heterozygous for two separate features.

The number of characteristics investigated in the offspring distinguishes a monohybrid cross from a dihybrid cross. The inheritance of a single gene is anticipated in a monohybrid cross since the parents are homozygous, however in a dihybrid cross, the parents vary in two separate features.

3. What are the disadvantages of test cross?

The disadvantages of test cross are:

It is ineffective for quantitative traits.

It is more limited in recessive traits.

In reality, portions of the genome from non-recurrent parents are frequently present and can be associated with undesirable features.

Limited recombination may keep thousands of 'foreign' genes within the elite cultivar over extremely broad crosses.

Many backcrosses are needed to create a new cultivar, which might take years.

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While the cross of an F 1 x F 1 gives a ratio of 9:3:3:1, there is a better, easier cross to test for independent assortment: the dihybrid test cross. In a dihybrid test cross, independent assortment is seen as a ratio of 1:1:1:1, which is easier to score than the 9:3:3:1 ratio. This test cross will also be easier to use when testing for linkage.

Like in monohybrid crosses (Chapter 1), you can do test crosses with dihybrids to determine the genotype of an individual with dominant phenotypes, to see if they are heterozygous or homozygous dominant. This type of cross is set up in the same fashion; an individual with an unknown genotype in two loci is crossed to an individual that is homozygous recessive for both loci.

Take a look at the video, Two-Gene Test Cross Explained , by Nicole Lantz (2020) on YouTube, for some worked examples.

A YouTube element has been excluded from this version of the text. You can view it online here: https://opengenetics.pressbooks.tru.ca/?p=395

Punnett squares should be done ahead of the crosses, so you know what to expect for any of the possible outcomes. Using the example from the rest of this chapter, you cross a double homozygous recessive pea plant (r/r ; y/y. green and wrinkled) to an unknown individual that has two dominant phenotypes (R/_ ; Y/_. yellow and round). There are four possible genotypes the unknown individual could be: R/R ; Y/Y or R/R ; Y/y or R/r ; Y/Y or R/r; Y/y. The Punnett squares for the first two are shown in Figure 2.5.1 . Notice on the left, you only get the dominant phenotype for both, so you know both genes in the unknown are homozygous dominant. On the right, you get only the dominant phenotype for round peas — but you get 50% yellow and 50% green peas, showing that the unknown is homozygous for round, but heterozygous for colour of the peas. Figure 2.5.2 is blank for you to fill in the other two gamete and genotype possibilities.

Media Attributions

• Figure 2.5.1 , Original by L.Canham (2017), CC BY-NC 3.0
• Figure 2.5.2 , Original by L.Canham (2017), CC BY-NC 3.0

Canham, L. (2017). Figures: 7. Punnett square for a test cross; 8. Blank Punnett squares to fill in the other two possibilities of the test cross [digital images]. In Locke, J., Harrington, M., Canham, L. and Min Ku Kang (Eds.), Open Genetics Lectures, Fall 2017 (Chapter 17, p. 6-7). Dataverse/ BCcampus. http://solr.bccampus.ca:8001/bcc/file/7a7b00f9-fb56-4c49-81a9-cfa3ad80e6d8/1/OpenGeneticsLectures_Fall2017.pdf

Nicole Lantz. (2020, May 5). Two-gene test cross explained [Video file]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/GM0by2axiLM

Long Descriptions

• Figure 2.5.1 Two Punnett squares: The first is a testcross between a dihybrid homozygous dominant organism (RRYY) and the tester, which is a dihybrid homozygous recessive organism (rryy). The offspring and their genotypes in this test cross are shown, with all possessing the heterozygous condition for both traits (RrYy). The second is a testcross between a dihybrid heterozygous organism (RrYy) and the tester, which is a dihybrid homozygous recessive organism (rryy). The offspring and their genotypes in this test cross are shown, with half possessing the heterozygous condition for both traits (RrYy) and the other half expressing the genotype Rryy. [Back to Figure 2.5.1 ]
• Figure 2.5.2 A blank Punnett square can be used for practice, and to fill in the other two gamete and genotype possibilities for the question in the text directly preceding this figure. [Back to Figure 2.5.2 ]

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2.5 The Dihybrid Test Cross

While the cross of an F 1 x F 1 gives a ratio of 9:3:3:1, there is a better, easier cross to test for independent assortment: the dihybrid test cross. In a dihybrid test cross, independent assortment is seen as a ratio of 1:1:1:1, which is easier to score than the 9:3:3:1 ratio. This test cross will also be easier to use when testing for linkage.

Like in monohybrid crosses ( Chapter 1 ), you can do test crosses with dihybrids to determine the genotype of an individual with dominant phenotypes, to see if they are heterozygous or homozygous dominant. This type of cross is set up in the same fashion; an individual with an unknown genotype in two loci is crossed to an individual that is homozygous recessive for both loci.

Take a look at the video, Two-Gene Test Cross Explained , by Nicole Lantz (2020) on YouTube, for some worked examples.

Punnett squares should be done ahead of the crosses, so you know what to expect for any of the possible outcomes. Using the example from the rest of this chapter, you cross a double homozygous recessive pea plant (r/r ; y/y. green and wrinkled) to an unknown individual that has two dominant phenotypes (R/_ ; Y/_. yellow and round). There are four possible genotypes the unknown individual could be: R/R ; Y/Y or R/R ; Y/y or R/r ; Y/Y or R/r; Y/y. The Punnett squares for the first two are shown in Figure 2.5.1 . Notice on the left, you only get the dominant phenotype for both, so you know both genes in the unknown are homozygous dominant. On the right, you get only the dominant phenotype for round peas — but you get 50% yellow and 50% green peas, showing that the unknown is homozygous for round, but heterozygous for colour of the peas. Figure 2.5.2  is blank for you to fill in the other two gamete and genotype possibilities.

Media Attributions

• Figure 2.5.1 , Original by L.Canham (2017), CC BY-NC 3.0
• Figure 2.5.2 , Original by L.Canham (2017), CC BY-NC 3.0

Canham, L. (2017). Figures: 7. Punnett square for a test cross; 8. Blank Punnett squares to fill in the other two possibilities of the test cross [digital images]. In Locke, J., Harrington, M., Canham, L. and Min Ku Kang (Eds.),  Open Genetics Lectures, Fall 2017 (Chapter 17, p. 6-7). Dataverse/ BCcampus. http://solr.bccampus.ca:8001/bcc/file/7a7b00f9-fb56-4c49-81a9-cfa3ad80e6d8/1/OpenGeneticsLectures_Fall2017.pdf

Nicole Lantz. (2020, May 5). Two-gene test cross explained [Video file]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/GM0by2axiLM

Long Descriptions

• Figure 2.5.1 Two Punnett squares: The first is a testcross between a dihybrid homozygous dominant organism (RRYY) and the tester, which is a dihybrid homozygous recessive organism (rryy). The offspring and their genotypes in this test cross are shown, with all possessing the heterozygous condition for both traits (RrYy). The second is a testcross between a dihybrid heterozygous organism (RrYy) and the tester, which is a dihybrid homozygous recessive organism (rryy). The offspring and their genotypes in this test cross are shown, with half possessing the heterozygous condition for both traits (RrYy) and the other half expressing the genotype Rryy. [Back to Figure 2.5.1 ]
• Figure 2.5.2 A blank Punnett square can be used for practice, and to fill in the other two gamete and genotype possibilities for the question in the text directly preceding this figure. [Back to Figure 2.5.2 ]

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A test cross is a way to explore the genotpye of an organism. Early use of the test cross was as an experimental mating test used to determine what alleles are present in the genotype. An organism's genetic makeup is called its genotype, and it reflects all of the alleles, or forms of the gene, that are carried by the organism. Consequently, a test cross can help determine whether a dominant phenotype is homozygous or heterozygous for a specific allele.

Diploid organisms, like humans, have two alleles at each genetic locus, or position, and one allele is inherited from each parent. Different alleles do not always produce equal outward effects or phenotypes. One allele can be dominant and mask the effect of a second recessive allele in a heterozygous organism that carries two different alleles at a specific locus. Recessive alleles only express their phenotype if an organism carries two identical copies of the recessive allele, meaning it is homozygous for the recessive allele. This means that the genotype of an organism with a dominant phenotype may be either homozygous or heterozygous for the dominant allele. Therefore, it is impossible to identify the genotype of an organism with a dominant trait by visually examining its phenotype.

To identify whether an organism exhibiting a dominant trait is homozygous or heterozygous for a specific allele, a scientist can perform a test cross. The organism in question is crossed with an organism that is homozygous for the recessive trait, and the offspring of the test cross are examined. If the test cross results in any recessive offspring, then the parent organism is heterozygous for the allele in question. If the test cross results in only phenotypically dominant offspring, then the parent organism is homozygous dominant for the allele in question.

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Test cross: a test cross is a cross between an individual with an unknown genotype with a homozygous recessive genotype. the test cross research was initially used by gregor johann mendel. it is used to know whether the trait which is dominant is heterozygous or homozygous..

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Cross Matching : Types, Principle, Procedure and Interpretation

• Most recipient antibodies directed against donor’s red blood cell antigens.
• Most donor antibodies directed against recipient’s red blood cell antigens.
• Major errors in ABO grouping , labeling and identification of donor and recipients.
• Principle of Cross Matching

Cross matching is based on the principle of serological detection of any clinically significant irregular/unexpected antibodies in either donor or recipient’s blood. There are two types of cross matches:

• Major Cross Match : It involves testing the donor’s red cells with recipient’s serum to determine the presence of any antibody which may cause hemolysis or agglutination of donor red cells.This is more important than minor cross match.
• Minor Cross Match : It involves testing of donor’s plasma with recipient’s red cells to determine the presence of any antibody which may cause hemolysis or agglutination of recipient’s red cells.
• Procedure of Cross Matching

There are different methods for cross matching, as shown in table. Among them most commonly used technique is Anti-human globulin (AHG) cross match.

• Major Cross Match
• Prepare donor and recipient’s blood sample: Donor’s red cells and recipient’s serum/plasma .
• Prepare 3-5% saline cell suspension of red cells.
• Label a test tube.
• Add two drops of recipient’s serum and one drop of donor cell suspension.
• Mix and incubate the tubes at 37 degree Celsius for about 60 minutes.
• Decant the serum completely and wash the cells three times in saline.
• Add two drops of Anti-human Globulin (AHG) and mix. Allow to stand at room temperature for 5 minutes.
• Centrifuge at 1500 rpm for 1 minute.
• Observe macroscopically and microscopically for agglutination.
• If macroscopic agglutination is not observed, transfer a small amount onto a glass slide and examine for microscopic agglutination. Rouleaux is not an indication of incompatibility.

• Minor Cross Match
• Prepare donor and recipient’s blood sample: Recipient’s red cells and donor’s serum/plasma .
• Add two drops of donor’s serum and one drop of recipient’s cell suspension.

Results and Interpretation

Compatible donor and recipient blood should show no agglutination in both major and minor cross match. Blood which shows incompatibility in major cross match should never be transfused, because the large plasma volume of the recipient blood containing antibodies can destroy the donor’s red cells easily. The minor incompatibility is less important because the donor’s serum which contains the antibodies is diluted in the recipient’s own plasma, making the antibodies very dilute and ineffective.

• Cross Matching
• Interpretation of Cross Matching

Thankyou so much sir

Why is it that after incubation of anti-human globulin for 60 minutes in a water-bath anti-human globulin reagent is added again?

1. to wash away antibody (globulin) that not grab on the red blood cells’ surface. you want to wash away the free antibody (globulin. 2. bath again with the antihuman globulin because: if there is any antibody (globulin) that have grabed on the red blood cells will show a agglutination reaction by this antihuman globulin you added. absolutely not a agglutination reaction between the free antibody (globulin) and antihuman globulin you added.

GOOD EXPLANATION AND ILLUSTRATIONS HERE. THANK YOU.

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Families getting into the EV9 will note the rear door handles don’t feature a touch-to-unlock sensor like most vehicles in this price class. Even the Nissan Pathfinder and Jeep Grand Cherokee L feature this, though notably it’s missing on the Kia Telluride and Hyundai Palisade as well.

Pro: EV9 surprises with efficiency

Despite its blocky exterior design the EV9 is actually efficient. Base EV9s feature a 215-hp single rear motor paired with a 76.1-kwh battery pack for 230 miles of EPA-rated range. I had the larger 99.8-kwh battery with two electric motors rated at 379 hp and all-wheel drive delivering an EPA-rated range of 270 miles.  Most of the week I actually averaged between 3.0 and 3.1 mi/kwh in mixed suburban driving, which is efficient given the EV9’s size, weight, and design. Eventually some higher highway speeds and a little more aggressive driving dropped my efficiency down to 2.8 mi/kwh over the course of 222 miles. 

Con: EV9 gets to pricey

The EV9 isn’t a luxury vehicle, doesn’t get bought or serviced at a luxury dealership, doesn’t wear a luxury badge, or feature luxury materials in its cabin. Base models cost $56,395 including a $1,495 destination fee, which is the cost of a nearly loaded Telluride. It’s also about $7,000 less than a three-row Tesla Model X and $18,000 less than the Rivian R1S. The longest range EV9 with 304 miles costs $60,695, but it’ll cost $65,395 or more to get a dual-motor model with all-wheel drive. My loaded Long Range AWD GT-Line model cost a luxury-like $78,430 thanks to the $2,000 second-row relaxation package, optional $695 blue paint (absolutely worth it), $225 carpeted floor mats, and $115 cargo area carpeted mat. That’s a lot of coin for the Kia dealership experience and recycled interior materials, which are nice, but not at the level of a BMW or even a loaded Grand Cherokee L Summit.

Pro: EV9 features toggles and buttons

Key functions in the EV9 aren’t buried in, or even require, the three screens on the dashboard. There’s a roller knob for the audio volume; toggles for the climate control temp, fan speed, and  air direction; real buttons, rollers, and rockers on the steering wheel; and hard buttons for the charge port door, frunk, tailgate, and display brightness. There’s even buttons on the doors to control the heated and ventilated front and rear seats, which my kids made sure I was aware of.

Con: Kia’s smartphone app feels behind

Kia’s impressive family car of the future feels behind when it comes to the smartphone user experience. The Apple iOS app, like Hyundai’s, works, but it’s a full league behind apps by Tesla, Rivian, and Lucid. The app at times was slow, required constant loading, and hilariously and frustratingly required confirmation for functions like locking the car, unlocking the car, or starting the climate control system. The confirmation would come with a delay and I was left waiting to wonder if the request was executed. 

It’s clear the EV9 is the three-row electric crossover SUV for families ready to move on from gas. It’s the best value in its electric three-row segment (for now) and is a great family car.

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2024 Kia EV9 Long Range AWD GT-Line

Base price : $56,395, including a $1,495 destination fee

Price as tested : $78,430

Drivetrain : 379 hp combined, dual-motor AWD

EPA range : 270 miles

The hits : Efficient, well packaged, real buttons, sharp design

The misses : Gets expensive, tolerable iOS app, slow-moving second row

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