Requirement of back cross breeding

Requirement of back cross breeding

    1. Suitable recurrent parent must be available which lacks in one or two characteristics.
    2. A suitable donor parent must be available, the character must be highly intense.
    3. Character to be transferred must have high heritability controlled by one or two genes.
    4. 6-7 back crosses are required for full recovery of recurrent parent.
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