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UK
/kɹˈɒsbɹiːdɪŋ/
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NOUN
- (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids
- reproduction by parents of different races (especially by white and non-white persons)
How To Use crossbreeding In A Sentence
- Since then, he has been busy crossbreeding indie filmmaking, the web, brand marketing and creative services. Tribeca Film: Future of Film: Why Transmedia Is Catching On (Part 2)
- Nor do I think the books are especially brilliant, beyond the undeniable genius of crossbreeding the various deathless genres of children's fantasy to spin a yarn both traditional and contemporary in its appeal.
- Think about the crossbreeding and hybridization that farmers have been doing for hundreds of years, relying on instinct, trial and error, and luck to bring us things like tangelos, giant pumpkins, and burpless cucumbers.
- This is why Hindu traditionalists strongly oppose the up-grading of milch cattle by crossbreeding with Jersey cows and other commoner breeds.
- Mendel tried crossbreeding
- According to that article it is a question of crossbreeding vs inbreeding and recognizable characteristics that distinguish one group from another. EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - BSG at the UN
- Even when crossbreeding creates a viable hybrid, the offspring often inherits multiple copies of each parents' chromosomes, or sets of genes (see photos of ligers, hybrids of lions and tigers).
- By crossbreeding them with other gene-targeted mice, it has been possible to deduce the importance of genes regulating inflammation, lipid metabolism, blood pressure and other factors proposed to be involved in atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease [64]. The 2007 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine - Advanced Information
- I have no experience with the crossbreeding of commons and shubunkins so it's just a guess on my behalf.
- Sometimes they form by hybridizing, or crossbreeding, to form a new species more or less in one go.
