Pure-breeding
A group of identical individuals that are bred for many generation from members of the same strain and always produce progeny of the same phenotype when selfed or intercrossed. Cf breeding line.
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A pure-breeding lineage, usually of haploid organisms, bacteria, or viruses.
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Mendel used pure-breeding individuals in the first (P1) generation.
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He mated a variety that was pure-breeding (hence homozygous) for round (RR), yellow (YY) seeds with one that was pure-breeding for wrinkled (rr), green (yy) seeds.
Mendel crossed pure-breeding (also referred to as true-breeding) smooth-seeded plants with a variety that had always produced wrinkled seeds (60 fertilizations on 15 plants). All resulting seeds were smooth.
A group of identical pure-breeding diploid or polyploid organisms, distinguished from other individuals of the same species by some unique phenotype and genotype.
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 See also: Breed, Organ, Character, Genotype, Strain
  
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