Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The process of breeding between different species or varieties; cross-breeding; hybridization.
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- verb Present participle of
interbreed . - noun
breeding within a narrow range of individuals
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- noun (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids
- noun reproduction by parents of different races (especially by white and non-white persons)
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Examples
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The concept of a species whose capital depends upon interbreeding is complex.
Sleeping With the Enemy: Octavia Butler's Dawn Erika Nelson 2009
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Svante Paabo of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany had previously dismissed the idea of interbreeding when he analysed Neanderthal mitochondrial
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The AKC is rigorously against any kind of interbreeding, and has adopted a system of “pure” breeds that guarantees extensive amounts of destructive inbreeding will continue.
Choice of First Dog Is Narrowed to 2 Breeds - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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In fact, recent evidence from the sequencing of the Neanderthal genome suggests interbreeding, meaning
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In fact, recent evidence from the sequencing of the Neanderthal genome suggests interbreeding, meaning
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In fact, recent evidence from the sequencing of the Neanderthal genome suggests interbreeding, meaning
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In fact, recent evidence from the sequencing of the Neanderthal genome suggests interbreeding, meaning
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In fact, recent evidence from the sequencing of the Neanderthal genome suggests interbreeding, meaning
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In fact, recent evidence from the sequencing of the Neanderthal genome suggests interbreeding, meaning
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In fact, recent evidence from the sequencing of the Neanderthal genome suggests interbreeding, meaning
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