The phrase "a cross of two" is not standard in written English and may cause confusion.
It could be used in contexts discussing intersections or combinations, but it lacks clarity without additional context.
Example: "The design features a cross of two different styles, merging modern and traditional elements."
Alternatives: "an intersection of two" or "a combination of two".
In Spain, where glass eels are fished for export to Asia, faux eel meat is made of Alaskan pollock; in the Netherlands, one big food wholesaler, Anova Seafood, has developed a new fish, a cross of two types of African catfish that it calls the Claresse, an invented name it has trademarked, that it sells as a substitute for eel, both smoked and fresh.
An F8 recombinant inbred (RIL) population consisting of 121 lines was derived from a cross of two indica varieties IR29 (intolerant) and Pokkali (tolerant) (Gregorio [1997]).
The diploid population is derived from a cross of two wild A genome species, A. duranensis and A. stenosperma.
In cycle C0 (the training population), 500 F2 plants were generated from a cross of two inbred parents.
We tested for heterosis in a cross of two replicate lines of mice selectively bred for high voluntary wheel running for 53 generations.
The apple rootstock population used for this study was an F1 population from a cross of two highly heterozygous rootstock parents, 'Ottawa 3' (O3) and 'Robusta 5' (R5).
However the Cunard vessel snatched the Blue Riband with a crossing of three days, 21 hours and 48 minutes, and held on to it until 1952.
In some instances, they are a cross of the two breeds.
To that end, one motivation for this study was the prior development of a genetic mapping population generated from a cross of the two lines assayed herein [ 9].
The normal vector of a single point is calculated by a cross product of two vectors of four neighbor points: bottom-top and left-right (see Fig. 7a).
As a simple example, imagine a genetic cross of two heterozygous individuals for a pair of alleles with a simple dominant-recessive relationship.
