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Wide crossing is also known as

A. Distant hybridization

B. Intergeneric hybridization

C. Hybrid

D. None of these

Answer: Option A

Solution(By Examveda Team)

The wide crossing is also known as distant hybridization.
Wide crossing refers to the process of undertaking a cross where one parent is from outside the immediate gene pool of the other.
Wide hybridization or distant hybridization is crossing between two different species or genera and has been used successfully to move genes and to create new crop species.

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