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- noun
Domesticated animals orplants adapted to thenatural andcultural environment in which they live (or originated) and, in some cases, work
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Examples
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A landrace is a grouping of animals or plants with similar characteristics that have been developed from natural or wild populations.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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The Asian wheat samples include 87 "landrace" populations -- domesticated species that have changed little since the advent of modern plant breeding.
The Money Times Pankaj Damin 2010
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The Asian wheat samples include 87 "landrace" populations -- domesticated species that have changed little since the advent of modern plant breeding.
The Money Times Pankaj Damin 2010
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The Asian wheat samples include 87 "landrace" populations - domesticated species that have changed little since the advent of modern plant breeding.
EcoWorld Syndicated News 2010
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The Asian wheat samples include 87 "landrace" populations -- domesticated species that have changed little since the advent of modern plant breeding.
Earth News, Earth Science, Energy Technology, Environment News 2010
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The Asian wheat samples include 87 "landrace" populations -- domesticated species that have changed little since the advent of modern plant breeding.
The Money Times Pankaj Damin 2010
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In animals, the term 'landrace' is taken to mean a type or group derived from a specific population but not yet formalised into a consistently replicable breed, or the specific natural population from which a breed derives.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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"The saluki type is what John Burchard calls a "landrace" and behaves rather like a species, maintaining itself with plenty of genetic buffering and little need for pedigrees.
Bully Whippets 2007
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"landrace" populations-domesticated plants that have changed very little since the advent of modern plant breeding.
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"landrace" populations-domesticated plants that have changed very little since the advent of modern plant breeding.
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