Recessive gene backcrossing involves repeated backcrossing with self-pollination and progeny testing, often aided by molecular genetic tests, to identify plants carrying the recessive allele. In the case of a dominant gene, because the target allele is carried in a heterozygous state, only the final heterozygous progeny are self-pollinated to obtain the gene of interest in the homozygous state.
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