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Auskreuzung

English translation: accidental crossing

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German term or phrase:Zufallskreuzung
English translation:accidental crossing
Entered by: Ford Prefect

11:08 Mar 7, 2006
German to English translations [PRO]
Science - Genetics
German term or phrase: Auskreuzung
This comes up a few times in a genetics text.

"Die Möglichkeit der Zufallskreuzungen der gentechnischen Veränderung eines gentechnisch veränderten Organismus, der freigesetzt werden soll ..."
MichaelRS (X)
Local time: 13:41
accidental crossing
Explanation:
but I think you need to rephrase, since this really refers to a modified gene ending up in the wild population by accident - presumably the release of the (fertile) GMO is accidental:

The possibility of a genetic modification accidentally crossing into the wild gene pool from a genetically modified organism which has been released...
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Ford Prefect
Burkina Faso
Local time: 11:41
Grading comment
Thanks - that helped quite a bit.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +2accidental crossing
Ford Prefect
4random outcrossing
Carol Finch (X)


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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
random outcrossing


Explanation:
I frequently come across this term in biogenetics

Carol Finch (X)
United Kingdom
Local time: 12:41
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  David Moore (X): "Outcrossing" (see below) is seldom "random", IMO - as a one-time dog-breeder
52 mins
  -> "random outcrossing" is an acceptable term in the context of GMOs, try a google search with "maize", for example.
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20 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Zufallskreuzung
accidental crossing


Explanation:
but I think you need to rephrase, since this really refers to a modified gene ending up in the wild population by accident - presumably the release of the (fertile) GMO is accidental:

The possibility of a genetic modification accidentally crossing into the wild gene pool from a genetically modified organism which has been released...

Ford Prefect
Burkina Faso
Local time: 11:41
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thanks - that helped quite a bit.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Oliver Annacker: In this context.
10 mins
agree  David Moore (X): In this context, I'd use this term; "outcrossing" on its own is used in breeding domestic animals for deliberate introduction of specifically desired characteristics into e.g. a "line" of dogs.
42 mins
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