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UK
/ˌɪntəbɹˈiːdɪŋ/
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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 interbreeding In A Sentence
- It is declining because of interbreeding with domestic cats and exposure to disease. Times, Sunday Times
- A local, usually stable population of interbreeding organisms of the same kind or species.
- Morphological species are important in palaeontology, for interbreeding ability does not fossilize.
- Now scientists have concluded that guenon monkeys evolved facial patterns to prevent interbreeding. Times, Sunday Times
- A big concern is how to keep the takhi from interbreeding with domesticated horses, which the park does by wherever possible keeping domesticated horses away from the outskirts of the park. Wild Horses Drag You Away
- 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
- The ruddy duck, a native of North America, is now interbreeding with its close relative.
- Varieties and eventually species would be formed despite any tendency for interbreeding with the main body of the population in the centre.
- In fact, recent evidence from the sequencing of the Neanderthal genome suggests interbreeding, meaning Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion
- 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
